Men in women’s sports, race-based redistricting and campaign spending will top the docket at the Supreme Court during the coming term. Oral arguments have not been scheduled for any of the 32 new ...

Illinois' former House speaker is due in prison in about two months. He asked a judge to let him remain free while he ...

Illinois appellate court rules Chicago police misconduct hearings must be public, but officers can remain paid during ...

Disciplinary hearings for Chicago police officers involving alleged misconduct should take place in public, according to a ...

Article Summary A judge has denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s motion to remain free as the legal appeal ...

Legal experts had predicted the judge would deny Madigan's request. However, the former Illinois House Speaker can make the ...

A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on ...

A panel of Illinois Appellate Court judges on Friday upheld a previous court ruling that mandated public access to the most ...

The three-judge panel found that moving hearings behind closed doors would violate well-defined public policy, which favors ...

The ruling, which is likely to be appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court, endorses the effort backed by the city’s largest ...

An appeals court is tossing out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump’s administration in a case over ...

Appeals court tosses judge's contempt finding against Trump administration in deportations to El Salvador prison.