On Friday, the political powerbroker who once determined the careers of countless Illinois lawmakers will soon learn his fate from a federal judge.

Pritzker provided the committee with a five-page opening statement, in which he’ll highlight the state’s response to the migrant crisis and tout that crime is down in Illinois, in an effort to tackle the unproven rhetoric that immigrants who lack legal status are a major source of violence.

Deere & Co. can't cut off a legal action launched by federal regulators and several states, accusing the Moline-based agricultural equipment giant of allegedly violating antitrust laws by using proprietary software to corner the market on service and parts for its tractors, harvesters and other implements, a federal judge has ruled.

The U.S. attorney for Southern Illinois and the FBI Special Agent in Charge are both vowing to protect law and order after someone defaced the federal building in Carbondale.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office is investigating whether other Illinois police departments are breaking a state law that bars them from sharing data with outside agencies tracking people for their immigration status or for seeking an abortion.

A federal judge has flushed a class action alleging Procter & Gamble misled consumers into believing they’d won a year’s supply of Charmin toilet paper.