The U.S. Department of Justice is insisting Illinois election officials hand over the state’s entire computerized voter ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Sonya Massey Police Reform Bill, a new law requiring stricter background checks ...

Illinois passed the Sonya Massey Act this week, a new law requiring more thorough background checks before hiring police ...

Sonya Massey was shot to death in her own home by a police officer with a questionable background who responded to her call for help.

The Sonya Massey bill was signed into law in Illinois by Governor JB Pritzker. It requires law enforcement agencies review ...

SPRINGFIELD - Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined state legislators and stakeholders to sign SB 1953, also known as Sonya ...

Governor JB Pritzker signs the Sonya Massey Law, requiring disclosure of police personnel files to improve transparency in law enforcement hiring.

The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday came in response to the July 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey in Sangamon ...

A measure requiring police agencies across the state of Illinois to get full employment history for prospective officers is ...

Hillyer ended up serving less than a year as part of a plea deal and is now out of prison as a registered sex offender for ...

Illinois State Sen. Doris Turner said the act will determine "necessary guardrails to ensure we have good officers on our streets." ...

More than one year after a woman was shot and killed by a now-former sheriff's deputy in Illinois, the state's governor has ...