A federal judge is advancing a class action accusing the Salvation Army of violating wage laws by not compensating rehabilitation program participants for their work in the charity’s thrift stores.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors may violate the First Amendment, a decision that could affect future legal challenges to similar laws in Illinois and across the country.

Some parents are turning to the state program to protect their children during a crisis.

Organizations seeking to create community living arrangements for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities say local zoning laws in Illinois are "discriminatory" and are pushing for legislation to protect the federal rights of those residents.

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against Evanston’s reparations program can move forward.

After the quiet and severe reduction of a 60-year immigration assistance program from the U.S. Department of Justice, a social service agency for immigrants in downstate Illinois has been left confused as to what future the program may have.

Advocates, formerly incarcerated speakers and state lawmakers gathered Monday at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters to push the RACE Act, a proposal that would let people in Illinois prisons vote while serving felony sentences and expand civics classes inside correctional facilities.

An appeals court has rejected an appeal by a DCFS worker convicted of failing to protect AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy murdered by his mother, saying he had a duty to protect the child.