A new Illinois law, signed Thursday by Gov. JB Pritzker, will require annual mental health screenings for public school children to identify and prevent mental health crises.

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

Illinois has become the first state to offer annual mental health screenings to public school students in grades 3-12, in partnership with psychiatric hospitals, with the goal of shifting from ...

A survey of Illinois educators reveals a significant disparity in how they interpret a three-year-old state law’s requirement ...

About 2-in-5 Illinois elementary students can read at grade level, so there is a lot of room for improvement. Five new bills ...

Over the past three months, the Trump administration has filed lawsuits against Los Angeles, Illinois, Colorado, New York ...

Nine new laws are taking effect in Florida on Jan. 1, 2025, including social media restrictions for children.

ORLANDO, Fla. — As of July 1, Florida’s new Super Speeder Law, or House Bill 351, has taken effect. The law presents hefty fines and could even lead to jail time for those traveling more than ...

Illinois officials discuss how the state's red flag law aims to prevent similar tragedies through temporary firearm restraining orders.

The debate over intoxicating hemp and its place amid the burgeoning legal cannabis market is set to make a return to the ...

Kurtavia White, the Lutheran Child and Family Services caseworker assigned to monitor Illinois foster child Mackenzi Felmlee ...

A caseworker assigned to monitor Illinois foster child Mackenzi Felmlee — who later died in May 2024 — had a troubling past, ...