Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a new law requiring law enforcement agencies to conduct more thorough background checks ...

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

Just over a year after police fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home, Illinois has introduced a police reform bill named in ...

A new Illinois law will require expanded background checks for police hires, a response to the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey ...

Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to ...

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 ...

In Springfield today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the "Sonya Massey Bill," requiring sweeping reform in how police officers ...

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

A new Illinois law will require expanded background checks for police hires, a response to the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey by a sheriff's deputy in her Springfield home.

Law requires unredacted personnel files in officer hiring, closes loopholes that let troubled cops move between agencies ...