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Ever notice some cars only have a license plate on the back while others both? It comes down to how different states balance ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A license plate is supposed to be a simple way for states to sort and track cars, trucks and buses, matching unique combinations of letters and numbers to registrations. But there is ...

Automated license plate recognition, known as ALPRs, have helped police arrest suspects for a number of heinous crimes in the Chicago area. But they don’t just track criminals. They track everyone in ...

If you drive to work in Cook County — or to school, or to your doctor’s office, or to go on a date — the state of Illinois is now tracking where you drive every time you get in your car, without any ...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ still praised some of the “inflammatory, profane, offensive or too difficult to read” ...