On March 5, 2025, SuperValu, Inc., a grocery store chain that operates in-store pharmacies, was cleared of liability by a Central District of Illinois federal jury—finally quashing whistleblower claims that the company improperly over-billed the government and violated the False Claims Act.

A District 205 school board member who in December won a federal lawsuit against the district she represents is accusing the superintendent of schools of costing the district additional legal fees for failing to settle the case.

Eleven candidates have applied for the circuit judgeship vacancy created by the retirement of Cynthia M. Raccuglia.

Legislation signed into law last year require the state employees insurance program to cover medically necessary FDA-approved treatments and medications to slow progression of the disease. The law also requires coverage for diagnostic testing for doctors to determine the best treatment or medication starting July 1. Now, lawmakers want to require this coverage for patients on any health insurance plan.

The order said U.S. Justice Department lawyers must now ask judges to require plaintiffs to pay the government’s costs and damages if it is forced to hold off on implementing a policy that is ultimately found to be lawful.

 The alleged gunman in the 2013 Hadiya Pendleton shooting will be in court Tuesday. Micheail Ward was granted a new trial earlier this year.

Employees of “activist organizations” that support activities with a “substantial illegal purpose” should no longer be eligible for a student loan forgiveness program for borrowers in public service jobs, according to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday.

Two men who spent 16 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit were awarded $60 million each by a federal jury Monday after a nearly five-year court battle.

A mother held in jail on a misdemeanor charge was not fit for trial, an Illinois judge ordered, and was set to be transferred to a mental health facility for treatment, a 2023 lawsuit said.

Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez is alleging the firm representing the school board in an ongoing lawsuit has a conflict of interest that warrants disqualification.