EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) — A powerful educational display featuring eight silhouettes representing crime survivors has been installed in Eau Claire to inform victims about their constitutional rights ...

California first passed the law in 2008, and a handful of other states have put similar bills into motion ever since, ...

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, will be sentenced on Thursday for the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a Black ...

An Illinois law is letting public officials redact their personal information. Press advocates are raising alarms about ...

Beryl Love is regional editor of USA TODAY Network Ohio which includes The Columbus Dispatch. He is also The Cincinnati Enquirer's executive editor. Email him at [email protected]. When police ...

Illinois House Bill 4394 lets sexual assault victims request an officer’s gender for interviews and bars police from discouraging reports.

The Illinois "Squatter Bill" will make it easier for police to remove squatters from someone's home, bypassing a possibly months-long eviction process. Previously, squatters were allowed to stay at ...

Illinois gun owners will need to take new steps to secure firearms in their homes in 2026, especially when children are present. Senate Bill 8, also known as the Safe Gun Storage Act, prohibits gun ...

A week after a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, her family has hired a Chicago-based law firm to investigate the shooting. Romanucci & Blandin in a news ...

By Rich McKay Jan 29 (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a former sheriff's deputy to the maximum 20 years in ...

A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had ...

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