Immigration law and policy scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández will discuss federal courts and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies when he presents the Hiram H. Lesar Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Southern Illinois University’s Simmons Law School.

Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state’s 42-year-long reliance on the national organization. The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday finalizing a tentative September opinion, asserting the ABA should “no longer have the final say” on which law school graduates can take the bar exam — a requirement to becoming a licensed lawyer in each state.

When the U.S. Forest Service approved the sale of nearly 70 acres for commercial logging in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest in late 2024, Sam Stearns was furious.

Mount Prospect spent more than $700,000 on its legal battle with an animal feed producer accused of releasing unpleasant odors from its plant for years.

The Trump administration plans to halt $10 billion in federal funding for child care assistance, low income and social service funds in Illinois and four other Democrat-led states, alleging unspecified “massive amounts of fraud.”

Changes at the U.S. Postal Service could impact how vote-by-mail ballots get counted this election, with local election officials urging voters not to wait until the last minute.

The Illinois State Legislature wrapped up another busy year enacting and amending a wide range of employment laws.

A former Carroll County mother and son will pay their neighbor more than $90,000 in a civil hate-crime lawsuit, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday.