The Illinois Supreme Court has greenlit a commission to develop a program that would allow people who are not lawyers to offer limited legal advice, citing a shortage of lawyers.

SA Recycling has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a group of Illinois companies, their owner and two of SA Recycling’s own employees orchestrated a multi-year scheme that defrauded the company out of millions of dollars. 

Illinois’ new crime data law is drawing mixed reactions, with supporters calling it a step toward transparency while critics question whether it will meaningfully reduce violence.

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations against a former Chicago police detective and his partners.

Illinois cannot yet file suit against the federal government for an apparent plan to send federal troops to Chicago, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, but if boots hit the ground, President Donald Trump “should expect a legal challenge here.”

Broadview’s mayor and police chief on Tuesday called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using chemical agents on protesters and appealed for the agency to respond to several requests, including information about three criminal investigations the suburb has initiated that involve ICE agents.