Friday, September 12, 2025
A little-known practice that lets private investors extract millions in equity from Illinois homeowners is under mounting legal fire after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, leaving some counties potentially on the hook for millions of dollars in damages.
Speaking from his jury room a day after unseating Chief Judge Tim Evans in a judicial election, Judge Charles Beach told the Tribune he seeks to bring the concepts of “good governance and transparency to the judiciary” when he takes on the role in December.
A Chicago man is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse his conviction or grant a new trial over questionable evidence that was used to convict him. Sidney Butler argues his half sister's victim-sensitive interview should not have been used during trial after she could not recall any incidents of sexual assault during cross-examination.
In the suit, plaintiff and former police records division manager Lisa Lullo says she was sexually harassed, discriminated against because she’s a woman, and retaliated against for blowing the whistle on department activities she believed inappropriate.
One day after President Donald Trump criticized cashless bail policies, the Illinois Supreme Court took a case involving pretrial release violations under advisement.