A federal judge won’t prematurely end a class action accusing State Farm of misleading thousands of life insurance customers by selling policies issued by a company it knew was facing a massive capital shortfall.

Illinois law requires attorneys to file a petition to deny pretrial release within 21 days of a person’s arrest and release. However, the Illinois Supreme Court is currently debating whether that requirement is mandatory or directory.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says a Vienna man pleaded guilty to defrauding Johnson, Hardin and Pope counties out of over $100,000 while employed as the Johnson County 911 administrator.

Fifteen U.S. citizens and legal residents alleging excessive force, wrongful detainment and other harms at the hands of federal immigration agents during last year’s Operation Midway Blitz have taken the first step to sue the Department of Homeland Security, their attorneys announced Thursday.

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek took her legal fight over how her office is run to a panel of three appellate court justices this week, asking them to overturn earlier rulings made by a county judge on billing and bidding procedures.

On a Sunday morning in March 2025, hours after Dennis Francis Barrett left his parents’ home in West Alton, Missouri, he got into the fender-bender that led to his death.

The union representing most employees at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s plan to sharply scale back operations at the facility in Anna.

Chester Weger was convicted of killing one of three suburban Chicago women whose battered bodies were found in the popular state park in 1960. He spent about 60 years in prison.

Five years ago, the TEAACH Act made Illinois the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. WBEZ checks in on its progress.

Illinois is facing new lawsuits over the state’s digital ad tax and social media platform fee. Internet freedom advocate NetChoice – a trade organization that includes social media giants Meta, Google, X, TikTok and Snap – filed two complaints in Cook County court on Friday.