Wednesday, June 10, 2026
More than 100 former top federal prosecutors are warning of leadership failures and political interference seeping into the prestigious Chicago-based U.S. attorney’s office under its latest chief.
A plan heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could create new regulations for cannabis and hemp. The bill calls for comprehensive changes to the hemp marketplace and long-awaited improvements to the state's cannabis laws.
Jury trials will remain on hold in Whiteside County after University of Chicago mathematicians’ work, though not complete, is pointing to irregularities in the way jury pools are selected.
Highly anticipated transcripts detail other alleged prosecutorial misconduct that led to case’s collapse.
A group of nurses from Saint Joseph Medical Center in Illinois filed a class-action lawsuit against their employer, accusing it of operating at dangerously low staffing levels that put patient health at risk.
A 73-year-old Champaign man was arrested on Tuesday after police said DNA evidence linked him to a murder that happened in 1983.