Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The decision was ...

Law enforcement officers can't rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a car without a warrant, the ...

Police will no longer be able to use the smell of marijuana to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois ...

A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of ...

Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

While the bench trial for Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is over, the reverberations could impact a separate lawsuit against banning firearm silencers. Litigants in the trial that wrapped up Thursday ...

According to a complex funding formula to be laid out in the bill, colleges and universities in the Prairie State would receive $6,000 for every black or American Indian student enrolled. Hispanics ...

An odour of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said ...

A murder trial in the death of a Winfield nurse is scheduled to start Oct. 28. Raju Rawal, 67, of Merrillville, is charged with murder in the Feb. 23, 2023, death of Haley Losinski, 36. He appeared in ...

In suburban Cook County, a large percentage of applicants have received permits even though Sheriff Tom Dart objected for ...

The head of a group representing police chiefs in Illinois is raising concerns about a ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court ...

A major portion of the law commonly referred to as the Pretrial Fairness Act made Illinois the first state to eliminate cash ...