Thursday, February 13, 2025
The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.
Attorneys for the family of Sonya Massey say a $10 million settlement from county officials in Illinois is the “first step in getting full justice” for the Black woman fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy.
An Illinois Answers Project investigation into the use of restraint chairs in county jails raised questions about how Champaign County documents, tracks and reports use of the devices. Now, the facility has updated its record-keeping practices and is submitting required reports to a state oversight unit for the first time.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on behalf of a professor whose contract was terminated after he criticized the university’s hiring programs.
Illinois House Democrats have a new bill that would allow migrants with federal work permits to become firefighters. Under current law, anyone applying to become a firefighter has to be a U.S. citizen.