Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users
Immigration officers will have broader authority to deny green cards to those who have legally been using public aid.
Public defense reform advances as Illinois moves to hire statewide public defender
Illinois’ 2023 abolition of its cash bail system revealed profound resource shortages in public defender offices around the state.
Judge declines to block Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of Sept. 12 start
Illinois’ “medical aid in dying” law will go into effect as scheduled Saturday after a judge sided against disability rights...
Judge weighing arguments to halt Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of start
Disability rights advocates are asking a federal judge to block the law, alleging it discriminates against disabled people.
Judge orders federal logging project halted in Shawnee National Forest
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National...
Illinois to receive up to $768M in Meta settlement over teen social media addiction
Attorney General Kwame Raoul one of many state AGs who investigated and sued Meta.
Possible ComEd 4 retrial up in the air months after 7th Circuit ordered prison release for 2
Four months after a federal appeals court ordered two of the “ComEd Four” released from prison, a federal judge is...
Appeals court upholds Illinois’ ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines
The ban was upheld in a 2-1 ruling.
State Rep. Carol Ammons indicted in scheme to receive kickbacks, misusing campaign funds
Ammons faces 10 counts relating to wire fraud and misuse of campaign funds.
‘No one can credibly investigate themselves’: Now-cleared ‘Broadview Six’ protesters request special prosecutor
Lawyers for the now-cleared Broadview Six protesters are asking for a special prosecutor to investigate alleged wrongdoing in Chicago’s U.S....
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