Friday, December 12, 2025
State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, has agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would avoid a retrial and see the three charges against him — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year from now.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first to reject the Trump administration’s novel reading of immigration law, which it’s used to hold people in mandatory detention.
Two new state laws set to take effect in the new year target two areas that have frequently made local headlines — gun owners not safely storing their weapons and law enforcement’s ability to track illegal firearms.
Incarcerated individuals in Illinois could start earning money behind bars if a newly proposed bill were to pass.
The Higher Education Mental Health Action Act aims to enhance on-campus mental health services at public colleges as an extension of the state’s Mental Health Early Action Plan.