Daily Legal News Archive

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

A year and a half after Republican Darren Bailey lost his campaign to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker, state election officials are weighing whether he illegally colluded with conservative radio show host and political operative Dan Proft in the 2022 campaign.

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NPR Illinois

Half of the judges who currently handle pretrial hearings, known as “bond court” during the cash bail era, are rotating to new assignments. And four judges will be replacing them.

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CWB Chicago

Prosecutors allege Hurst’s DNA is on multiple items inside Wilson’s Sycamore home, including ‘crawl space’ in laundry room where Patricia Wilson’s body was found.

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Shaw Local News Network

Justice Mary K. O'Brien of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a judicial screening committee for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.

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The Bar News

Illinois voters will not be asked this year whether the right to an abortion should be enshrined in the state constitution, with advocates’ efforts to pass an amendment now on the backburner.

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