Andrew Boutros left the Northern District as an assistant U.S. attorney around 10 years ago. He is returning as the interim chief prosecutor during a tumultuous time in the Justice Department.

Police departments would not be able to make final offers of employment for probationary or law enforcement officers unless they review all past employment records, including background investigation materials, duty-related physical and psychological fitness-for-duty examinations, work performance records, arrests, convictions, and any records of criminal, civil, or administrative investigations of conduct.

There are well over 100 lawsuits that have been filed against the Trump Administration, and the Illinois attorney general is involved in a number of them.

The Illinois Gaming Board reviews current sports waging practices and discusses new rules at its latest meeting.

Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from stopping and frisking Chicagoans based on their race or ethnicity, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department.

Kane County residents who have plenary orders of protection will be able to have Hope Cards starting Monday, April 28, intended to make it easier to report violations, officials announced in a news release.

A Joliet man charged with a violent crime had been released from jail in 2023 on the wrong bond amount by a former Will County sheriff’s deputy who’s now facing sex crime charges, police records show.

The lawsuit cites improved health and economic outcomes for children who participate in the programs, as well as the executive branch’s disregard for congressional directives, which have already allocated the funds.

Federal prosecutors in Chicago have reversed course, telling a judge they no longer plan to seek a $3.1 million forfeiture judgment against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, “as a matter of discretion.”