Thursday, March 26, 2026
For those incarcerated in Illinois jails awaiting trial, whether or not they earn credit that gives them time off their prison sentence can sometimes come down to a judge’s interpretation of a single word.
An Illinois House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from owning, leasing or operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, day care center, park, forest preserve, cemetery or place of worship.
Legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board passed its first legislative hurdle despite a range of concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The number of Black summer associates at U.S. law firms has decreased to its lowest level in more than a decade amid a conservative push to end race- and gender-based preferences in school admissions and hiring, including a specific effort against legal internships.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois has been ordered to pay $500,000 following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which found that the entity "engaged in unlawful discrimination and harassment against White employees."