The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Illinois was ranked ninth in methane emissions from landfills in a new report, with 111,627 metric tons of this leading source of climate pollution.

Kayla Unbehaun was nine years old when she disappeared while in the care of her mother Heather Unbehaun

"The Supreme Court once again reaffirms the rights of legislators and local officials to pass gun safety laws"

The ban will stay in effect while it is being challenged in state and federal court

The decision means the ban will now likely remain in effect while the federal appeals court in Chicago takes time to hear arguments in the case.

The Supreme Court says that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines

Kayla Unbehaun disappeared in 2017 aged nine while under supervision of her mother and was discovered in North Carolina

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block an Illinois ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

From Monday's decision in People v. Bourdage, by Illinois Appellate Court Justice Michael Hyman, joined by Justices Aurelia Pucinski and Mary Ellen Coghlan: A grand jury indicted Sherri Bourdage for violating a single provision of a no-stalking-no-contact order by "indirectly communicat[ing] about Joseph Peila to his employer[.]" … The State…