Chester Weger‘s attorneys continued to mount his defense on Tuesday during the second day of his “mini-trial”, a term coined by his attorneys to describe his post-conviction evidentiary hearing.

Illinois’ governor signed an executive order that restricts state agencies from collecting and sharing autism-related data, in response to federal efforts to create a database for autism research.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Milbank are among six law firms that resolved probes of their diversity practices by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, they told state attorneys general.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against Trump administration policies designed to block federal funding to states that don’t carry out U.S. immigration enforcement.

State officials are on track to shut down a program at the end of June that provides publicly funded health care coverage to more than 30,000 non-U.S. citizens in Illinois, including many who are in the country without legal authorization.

A 6-foot-tall inflatable Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to passersby outside the Trump Truth Store in far northwest suburban Huntley, which sells all varieties of Trump-themed merchandise from Make America Great Again T-shirts to DOGE baseball caps.

Rock Island County State’s Attorney Dora Villarreal’s legal career is loaded with historical firsts.

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice and the Access to Justice Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts have launched the application process for a grant initiative and are extending invitations to join their network of court personnel who assist self-represented litigants and advance access to justice.

Law students will need to get twice as much practical, hands-on experience before graduation if a proposal by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions moves forward.