Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The Trump administration has agreed to extend a federal judge’s temporary block on deploying National Guard troops to Chicago while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to stay the judge’s order.
Before Presiding Judge Ryan Cadagin but without the newly sworn-in jury assembled, attorneys on both sides of the Sean Grayson murder trial laid the groundwork for some of the verbiage "off limits" for expert witnesses expected to testify about police practices and use of force matters.
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a ruling that a treatment provider could not pursue a claim for payment against an employer as a third-party beneficiary of a settlement.
About 3 miles from the west suburban immigration processing center that has become a flash point for protests in recent weeks, a Cook County judge sat across from a woman who had been arrested there and ordered her to stay away from the Broadview facility.
The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether Senate President Don Harmon broke state election laws by accepting millions of dollars for his campaign after the 2024 primary.