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But, as usual, whenever the government gets involved, things get a little weird.

Scraping through a few hundred municipal codes in Illinois didn’t turn up any trick-or-treat ordinances allowing for jail time. But fines associated with age limits, curfews, masks and more were plentiful.

Governor Pritzker campaigned on it, and today at a news conference in Chicago, he plans on signing recreational marijuana into law.

Sure, we're adding new laws like making distracted driving a moving violation, but it's still against the law for girls to throw snowballs in Mount Pulaski?

Rockford Police are warning residents to remember the safety and fines attached to a law a lot of us break every winter.

Despite near-constant warnings and advisories about not leaving dogs and cats to suffer in extreme heat or cold, it still happens with alarming frequency.

Starting next July, texting drivers are looking at a moving violation that goes on their driving record.

Freeport's city council might be making some adjustments to their marijuana rules.

Children taller than 40 inches or weighing more than 40 pounds are exempt from the new law.

In 46 states, you can celebrate America's birthday with lots of brightly-colored fireworks. Illinois is among 4 states that still severely restrict it.