Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York co-led a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict access to medically necessary health care for transgender and nonbinary youth.

An Aurora man was indicted on federal charges for assaulting three law enforcement officers while they attempted to serve an arrest warrant at a suburban sheriff’s office, prosecutors said.

A Black female associate was “unceremoniously terminated” from McDermott Will & Emery after she complained about a “particularly harmful act of discrimination” in summer 2024, according to a July 30 lawsuit.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Thursday to make Illinois one of the first states to provide universal mental health screenings for young children and teens. Sponsors said this law is the next piece of the puzzle to get kids and their families the support they urgently need.

Declining numbers of the gray fox in Illinois are causing state leaders to put a halt to hunting and trapping seasons for this particular animal.

In his second post-office visit in Chicago, former President Joe Biden stopped to accept an award from the National Bar Association, blasting President Donald Trump without ever saying his name to the crowd at the Hyatt Regency in the Loop Thursday evening.

Kane County Judge John Barsanti ruled Tuesday that Brandon Franklin, 18, be placed on electronic home monitoring. Now prosecutors and Franklin’s attorney are trying to figure out how to comply with the judge’s order.