The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has threatened to terminate Chicago Public Schools’ Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant and others over its Black Student Success Plan and treatment of transgender students in accordance with state law.

The Illinois Department of Corrections was grilled by the top committee of state lawmakers Tuesday over an emergency rule that allowed the agency to temporarily scan prisoner mail.

Illinois is approaching two years since the implementation of the no cash bail system, making the state the first in the nation to do so.

The Illinois Attorney General has charged three suspects with participating in a burglary ring that netted over $500,000 and targeted businesses in Lake County and the Chicagoland area.

An Illinois representative has filed a bill that would impeach Gov. JB Pritzker, arguing that Pritzker has incited violence on multiple occasions.

Up to 16 people were reportedly taken into custody in the west suburb while two people were arrested near the courthouse.

Almost two years after a class action lawsuit was filed against a Carlinville funeral home, the legal battle continues, and it could go all the way up to Illinois’ Supreme Court.

Police Chief Adam Yates can’t say for sure that license plate reader cameras are responsible for zero homicides in 2024, but he did note the interesting timing and a drop in the number of murders in the city from three in 2023 to zero in 2024.