Illinois laws

Judging by the number of times each day that I see a driver with a canine companion standing in the driver's lap while heading down the street, you'd have to think that doing that has got to be legal. However, when you consider the built-in dangers of driving with a dog in your lap, you'd have to think it's illegal. Here's the truth about your car, your dog, and your lap.

Not every new Illinois law voted on by state lawmakers and signed off on by the governor goes into effect on the first day of a new year. Some become law at various points throughout the calendar year, and these are the ones that start a little less than a month away, on July 1st.

A slew of new laws will go into effect soon.

Think breaking a car window to save a dog in Illinois is okay? Think again. Learn what the law really says and how to safely help animals in danger.

A new proposed bill in Illinois aims to ban police from using the smell of marijuana as probable cause for vehicle searches.

Before lighting up that fire pit, discover the surprising rules about what you can and cannot burn in Illinois this summer.

It's a debate that has been going on for years, should high schools in Illinois and Wisconsin set up a breathalyzer at prom so students don't show up drunk?

Before you remove that big, unsightly clump of leaves from your tree this spring, there is something very important you need to know if you live in Illinois.

Have you ever witnessed someone driving off with a gas pump still attached to their car in Illinois and thought; what happens next? The answer might surprise you.

The Midwest might get a bit restructured.