Chicago police officers would not be banned from serving no-knock warrants or from pointing guns at children or handcuffing them during raids under a revised Chicago Police Department policy that will impose additional limits on how search warrants are used in Chicago, records show. U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, who is overseeing the federal court order known as the consent decree that requires CPD to change the way it trains, supervises, and disciplines officers, praised the revised policy as an example of what can be achieved through the reform push during a virtual hearing Tuesday.

Catherine Lang was evicted from her apartment outside Chicago after the police saw her swerving in traffic and charged her with driving drunk. A jury found her not guilty, but by then it was too late. 

Justice Joy V. Cunningham and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of John P. Carroll Jr., as a judge in the Third Subcircuit of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Mr. Carroll is being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas W. Murphy. Mr. Carroll’s appointment is effective May 23, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026.

Law school graduates will take a new bar examination starting in February 2028 to become licensed to practice law in Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Board of Admissions to the Bar announced yesterday. The NextGen Uniform Bar Examination will replace the current Uniform Bar Exam, which Illinois has used since 2019. 

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it is delaying the timeline for water utilities to comply with reducing some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS chemicals, in drinking water — and reconsidering the allowable levels for others.