A Lee County judge ruled Thursday, Sept. 11, to maintain the several pretrial release conditions previously imposed on a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Under the direction of Trump officials, work on complaints effectively ground to a halt. By March, the Department of Education’s civil rights office in Chicago was among seven regional branches abruptly closed — part of a sprawling push to dismantle the agency.

Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for babies and small children.

Similar to the transformation of a monarch butterfly, the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice believes that kids who started off on the wrong path can emerge from incarceration transformed.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a new online portal and updated database created to help charitable organizations more easily comply with state law and to improve potential donors’ access to information about charitable organization before making donations.

One day after President Donald Trump criticized cashless bail policies, the Illinois Supreme Court took a case involving pretrial release violations under advisement.

Speaking from his jury room a day after unseating Chief Judge Tim Evans in a judicial election, Judge Charles Beach told the Tribune he seeks to bring the concepts of “good governance and transparency to the judiciary” when he takes on the role in December.

In the suit, plaintiff and former police records division manager Lisa Lullo says she was sexually harassed, discriminated against because she’s a woman, and retaliated against for blowing the whistle on department activities she believed inappropriate.

A Chicago man is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse his conviction or grant a new trial over questionable evidence that was used to convict him. Sidney Butler argues his half sister's victim-sensitive interview should not have been used during trial after she could not recall any incidents of sexual assault during cross-examination.