Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to outlaw book bans, after Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that would cut off state funding for any Illinois library that tries to ban books, ...

Volunteer attorneys in the First Circuit aim to help self represented litigants through the Lawyer in the Library program.

Peggy Frank loves old research books, especially ones about history. But they aren’t always available through her local library collection in Naperville, where she’s lived for the past 45 years. But ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — After recent threats against libraries and their workers in Illinois and around the country, state lawmakers are putting in protections to ensure the spaces stay safe. Secretary of ...

BALANCING BOOKS: Before the Trump administration started taking a red pen to Medicaid, SNAP and other key programs in the GOP mega-bill, it issued an executive order pulling the plug on the Institute ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker signed historic legislation Monday that would ban libraries from banning books. The law is the first of its kind in the nation, and would cut off funding to any ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit libraries from banning books or other material because of partisan or doctrinal pressure, prompting strong ...

Though many Illinois libraries already have supplies of medications that can reverse opioid overdoses, a new state law will ...

One for the books: The Illinois Library Association’s 1998 Librarian of the Year would rather talk about his library’s staff and board than himself. That helps explain why the entire management staff ...

UPDATE: On Thursday, Naperville’s DuPage Children’s Museum was notified that its grant for $84,000 in institute funding to support the travel of a bilingual exhibit to Illinois public libraries was ...