Illinois is the only state in the country that requires seniors to have their driving skills tested on a regular basis.

Illinois drivers won’t have to take a driving test to renew their licenses until age 87 under a bill proposed by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. (

The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill.

Two Illinois lawmakers want to decriminalize sex work, a move advocates say is long overdue. Why it matters: Supporters say decriminalization would allow consensual adult sex workers to move out of the shadows and get legal protections that workers in other fields get.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stepped down from the witness stand Tuesday after days of testifying in his own defense in his corruption trial. It remained unclear Tuesday evening whether Madigan's decision to testify was a Hail Mary pass,

A defense attorney has presented a statement in lieu of testimony from Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

It is up to the jury eventually to decide if Madigan’s testimony helped or hurt his case. Sabrina Franza reports.