Early-morning violence in downtown Indianapolis in recent weekends has grabbed widespread public attention, prompting ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul provides guidelines for police drone use, emphasizing privacy rights and restrictions, ...

CHICAGO As Illinoisans prepare to celebrate Independence Day through local parades and festivities, Attorney General Kwame ...

Are fireworks legal in Illinois? Find out how to legally purchase and use fireworks in the state, according to information from the Illinois Fire Marshal.

Are fireworks legal in Illinois? Find out how to legally purchase and use fireworks in the state, according to information from the Illinois Fire Marshal.

35th District Illinois House candidates say public safety, crime key issues Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email ...

Critics of the Illinois SAFE-T Act, which aims to overhaul the state's criminal justice system, argue that the law will not improve public safety and may be unconstitutional.

— Illinois public safety pension fund consolidation passes a legal test: “An Illinois judge upheld the constitutionality of legislation consolidating suburban Chicago and downstate police ...

Democrats' public-safety measures Below are summaries of the public-safety-related measures and funding approved in the recently adjourned legislative session.

The increasing level of street violence in Illinois — a 9-year-old boy grazed in the head by a shooter in Danville, a man shot in the leg in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Champaign, a 16 ...

Don Tracy, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, told me earlier this year that the party would run on its core values in 2022, which he described as a “ strong economy, strong public ...

Republicans have run campaigns accusing Democrats of being soft on crime for decades. But party officials appear to see a legitimate opening on this topic.