BROADVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Four Illinois Democrats toured a federal immigration center outside Chicago on Monday, the latest members of Congress allowed inside immigration facilities after a judge last ...

Four Illinois members of Congress left to right; Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., and Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., leave ...

(The Center Square) – One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith (D-Chicago) introduced House ...

The state Supreme Court has turned back a weapons possession challenge when it ruled that courts can issue protective orders barring gun ownership in cases where subjects of the orders are not ...

Several new Rhode Island laws take effect on January 1, including a minimum wage increase to $16 per hour. Workers will be able to take more paid time off to care for a new baby or sick loved one, ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker praised as a “win” a U.S. Supreme Court ruling temporarily preventing President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago, but ...

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and other political leaders hold a Sept. 27 press conference decrying President Donald Trump’s vow to send federal troops to Portland. (Thomas Patterson/Thomas Patterson) The ...

OREGON, USA — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown, a significant defeat for ...