The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office is under investigation by the U. S. Department of Justice for civil rights violations, but the probe may go beyond the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey.

An attorney who filed frivolous lawsuits against the village of Tinley Park and one of its attorneys should be suspended for five months, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and ...

It was a sunny and mild spring afternoon in May 2019 when roughly 100 FBI agents were dispatched to the homes — and one office — of eight allies to then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Bonnie M. Wheaton believes in thinking outside the box. As chief judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit, she plans to take that approach during her three-year term as the court’s leader with goals to ...

A job applicant who alleges a snack-food manufacturer withdrew a conditional offer of employment because he is a recovering heroin addict has stated a case for a violation of the Americans with ...

Where district court did not err in determining that prisoner could not proceed under Sec. 2241 habeas petition when he was authorized to proceed under the alternative method of Sec. 2255.The 7th U.S.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that an insurer’s failure to either defend an insured under a reservation or file a declaratory action to determine coverage ...