The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to advance the nomination of Gregory Gilmore to be the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.

New state legislation has been filed in Illinois, aimed at reforming how all medical examiners offices identify bodies and notify family members. It would also make it easier for families to take legal action against a medical examiner.

Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according to reports from an independent court monitor, legal experts and people held in Illinois prisons.

A federal judge on Friday dismissed the city of East St. Louis’ claims for massive fines over alleged pollution from the old Monsanto chemical plant in Sauget.

Three residents of a Bloomington mobile home park have filed a lawsuit against the park’s out-of-town owner, claiming it’s used a “pattern of unfair and deceptive practices” to illegally force them to pay higher rent and improperly assessed fines and fees.

For the second straight primary season, more than half the races for Cook County circuit judge on the March 17 ballot are uncontested, with just 45 candidates vying for 28 open seats.

Nearly three years after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on selling property tax debt, Illinois legislators continue to delay reforms to bring the state into compliance with the decision.

Illinois lawmakers are weighing legislation that would require public schools to share all evidence used to suspend or expel a student with that student’s parents or guardians before a disciplinary hearing.