Surrounded by advocates and families impacted by domestic violence, Gov. Pritzker signs Karina's Law, which will require guns ...

A new Illinois law aims to protect survivors of domestic violence by taking guns out of the hands of accused abusers when an ...

Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

Pritzker signed the Kinship in Demand Act, or KIND Act, at a ceremony at the Statehouse. The new law puts an obligation on the Department of Children and Family Services to use a “kin-first ...

Two of Illinois' top Democrats are blasting the Trump administration for taking back money earmarked for programs like Head Start.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

New groundbreaking legislation signed by Governor JB Pritzker will now allow the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services to place foster kids ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...

Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 4781, the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act into law, allowing the Illinois Department of ...

Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend in 2023 at their Chicago ...