An Illinois law prohibiting political parties from adding new state office candidates who didn’t run in the March primaries to general election ballots went into effect Friday. The law, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday, is applicable in cases where no candidate won the party’s primary. Prior to Friday, potential candidates who obtained.
While most Illinois schools have school resource officers, a Republican state lawmakers hopes to pass a plan this spring to allow retired law enforcement to work as school safety officers.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is awarding over $21 million in grants to six law enforcement groups across the state to combat the rise in carjackings and auto theft.
SPRINGFIELD Governor JB Pritzker was joined today by Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton, Illinois State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza, elected officials,