Two additional official misconduct charges have been filed against a former administrator of the Knox County jail accused of diverting more than $100,000 from the jail commissary account for personal use.

The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, but changes the way it’s regulated.

Lawmakers emphasized the need for transparency about how much water data centers use to cool their facilities at the final of three data center-focused hearings in the House Executive Committee.

A "millionaire tax" proposal floated in the Illinois House failed to gain enough traction in Springfield this week, making it increasingly unlikely that voters will be asked to approve the measure in November.

Whether those loans, totaling around $8.5 million, were factors in the government shutdown of Metropolitan Bank & Trust in January remains unclear.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners’ updates to its standard Character Report Application template used by many jurisdictions significantly changed questions related to mental health and substance abuse that previously put off many law students from receiving help.

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed following a 2025 crash in Chatham, Illinois, that killed five people at an after-school camp.