In the days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, social media ...

For organizations that conduct background checks, 2025 was not just about tracking new laws. It was about rethinking how ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new initiative into law enabling Illinois residents who’ve served sentences for nonviolent offenses ...

CHICAGO, Illinois — Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically ...

A certificate of no criminal record, also known as a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) or a certificate of absence of a ...

Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically sealed after Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed the long-debated “Clean Slate” Act.

While original background checks only focus on a snapshot in time and prior history, the new system is dynamic and can update ...

Senate Bill 5974 would impose new age, experience, certification and background check requirements for law enforcement ...

Over 1.7 million people in Illinois will be eligible to have their non-violent criminal records wiped out after House Bill ...

Louisville parents accused of severely abusing their two young children appeared in court Friday morning. Nicholas Shanks and Shelby Kuntz are charged with first-degree assault (domestic violence), ...

Follow live updates as protesters face tear gas and flash bangs in Minneapolis after a Venezuelan man was shot following a ...

A veteran prosecutor, Ben’Ary handled high-profile cases over two decades at the Justice Department, including the murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a suicide bomb plot targeting ...