The number of Black summer associates at U.S. law firms has decreased to its lowest level in more than a decade amid a conservative push to end race- and gender-based preferences in school admissions and hiring, including a specific effort against legal internships.

For those incarcerated in Illinois jails awaiting trial, whether or not they earn credit that gives them time off their prison sentence can sometimes come down to a judge’s interpretation of a single word. 

Legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board passed its first legislative hurdle despite a range of concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

An Illinois House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from owning, leasing or operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, day care center, park, forest preserve, cemetery or place of worship.

After an internal investigation, a hearing officer recommended the Chicago Housing Authority revoke Parker’s housing subsidy, finding that she engaged in a pattern of actions to mislead the agency.

New charges have been lodged against a St. Clair County tax return preparer who is accused of making false statements on tax return forms to defraud the federal government.