The village of Bolingbrook has declined to release body camera video regarding an Oct. 19 incident that involved federal immigration agents who claimed they were battered.

From: 
Daily Herald

A federal judge on Tuesday heard hours of testimony from undocumented immigrants who have recently been detained at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview — a place described as a “black box” in a lawsuit filed last week alleging horrific conditions and overcrowding.

From: 
The News-Gazette

The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,637 new attorneys who passed the July 2025 Bar Exam will be held today in all five judicial districts of Illinois.

From: 
The Bar News

Two Illinois men originally from Mexico are suing the federal government, alleging detainees at the Broadview ICE facility are being treated "like animals."

From: 
Fox 32

A leading appellate attorney reviews People v. Johnson, which was handed down by the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday, October 31. 

From: 
The Bar News

An Alton woman can't resume her legal pursuit of Alton Memorial Hospital over claims EMTs contributed to the death of her elderly 330-pound husband when the gurney on which he was riding fell over as he was being transferred from Alton Memorial to a nursing home for rehabilitation about a month and a half before his death.

From: 
Legal Newsline

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins 21 other states challenging switch based on Trump “policy priorities designed to attack lawful conduct it does not agree with.”

From: 
Chicago Sun-Times

The bill expands the authority of the Immunization Advisory Committee, which is a group of doctors and other experts and leaders that makes vaccine recommendations to the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. The bill also requires that insurance companies in Illinois cover vaccines recommended by the director of the state health department.

From: 
Chicago Tribune