When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

Salvador Saucedo, who's still on the run, allegedly used hospital equipment to pick the locks on his handcuffs and leg irons and ran off while the deputy guarding him went to the restroom.

Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, ...