The move marks the seventh and final hike of the state's minimum wage, as part of legislation Gov. JB Pritzker signed in 2019 ...

Some 300 new state laws take effect Jan. 1 covering everything from road safety to artificial intelligence, most of them passed during a two-year legislative term that enters its final days when ...

Twenty-one states and 48 local jurisdictions rang in the new year with an increase to the minimum wage on Jan. 1, according ...

Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However, states ...

January 1 not only ushered in 2025 but a slew of new laws.In 2024, states tackled issues ranging from abortion rights to ...

Last year in a trio of cases, the Illinois Appellate Court reviewed how a circuit court should handle questions from a jury during deliberations: Edson v. Horwich¸ 2024 IL App (1st) 221877-U; Galich v ...

Are Pete Carroll and Kliff Kingsbury legitimate options? New Illinois laws for 2025 include minimum wage bump, artificial intelligence protections New Illinois laws for 2025 include minimum wage bump, ...

Two young children where found unsupervised after a wellbeing check Monday night in the River North neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:50 p.m., officers conducting a wellbeing check after ...

Welcome to the January 2025 issue of The HR Digest! As we step into a new year, the evolving landscape of human resources ...

The attack in New Orleans left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured. Here's what we know so far about the driver ...

Meanwhile, several new laws are aimed at tackling crime with harsher sentences, continuing a roll-back of criminal justice ...

Time to study up, Illinois. New state laws are now in effect.  They include some of the defining bills of the 2024 ...