By Jayette Bolinski | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A former Country Club Hills police chief was arraigned on federal charges Friday for allegedly laundering a $1.25 million state grant in 2009 and using it to pay off personal debt.

By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Several Illinois lawmakers debated whether the co-founder of a group dedicated to a former Nation of Islam leader should be appointed to the state's Human Rights Commission.

By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A proposal that would allow Illinois drivers to leave the scene of a minor wreck to go to a safer location cleared a House committee Wednesday.

By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' school districts can save money by sharing services instead of consolidating, a state education commission says.

  By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — Illinois is among 25 states that don’t regularly measure the effectiveness of tax incentives that are aimed at spurring economic growth and job creation, according to a new study.

By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A ban on assault-style weapons can be challenged in the lower courts, which dismissed lawsuits arguing that the ban is unconstitutional, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.