While looking closely at each seedling stem at the floating gardens of Chicago’s Wild Mile, Emily Kowalski found eight tiny plastic pellets hidden within the leaves and soil.

Lawyers in Illinois are questioning whether the statewide jury system has sufficient safeguards to purge people who have died from its lists of potential jurors.

Chicago Public Schools parents are pushing back after a deal was reached declaring May 1 a “day of civic action” in a recent agreement.

The emails were referenced in a new court filing by a coalition seeking a special prosecutor to investigate Operation Midway Blitz. The coalition argued that Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke “has an alliance with federal law enforcement that prevents her from taking action against the federal agents alleged to have committed crimes.”

Federal Judge April Perry’s ruling ends a historic lawsuit filed in the heat of the aggressive deportation campaign known as Operation Midway Blitz.

With the Nov. 5 mid-term election fast approaching, the U.S. Supreme Court could limit mail-in ballots from being counted after in-person voting ends even if they are postmarked by Election Day.

The Illinois House on Thursday approved the latest version of a bill that would require school boards to prohibit public school students from using their cellphones in the classroom.