The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposed $17.5 million settlement involving a former student who was sexually abused by her former school administrator. It is believed to be one of the largest sexual abuse settlements in Illinois school history.

Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and pushed back at the Trump administration’s repeated assertions that Chicago is crime-ridden.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.

The heated race for a judge’s position in the 8th Judicial Circuit picked up more steam Tuesday evening. Candidates Tim Bass and Judge Chris Pratt debated in front of a jam-packed basement conference room at Tower of Pizza.

Cook County Chief Judge Charles S. Beach II yesterday issued his first public announcement since taking office Monday, unveiling a new committee that he said will urgently review how his office’s electronic monitoring program handles reported violations by people wearing ankle monitors.