There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year. Here are the 2025 laws that you should keep on your radar.

CAPITOL: The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others that will change how people get IDs,

As 2024 comes to an end, tomorrow marks the start of several new laws in the state of Illinois. Here’s just a handful of law starting in 2025. Minimum Wage Increase One new law is centered around raising the state minimum wage.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use Artificial Intelligence and more.

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul today highlighted four new laws initiated by his office that will go into effect Jan. 1.“My office has continued

Just days away from the new calendar year, Missouri and Illinois are preparing for several new laws to take effect.