An estimated 250,000 more Illinois residents with disabilities are now eligible to open special savings accounts after a recent change in federal law, according to Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs.

The man convicted of tossing root beer in the face of former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday, bringing to an end a case that critics say highlighted the county’s two-tiered justice system, in which some victims appear to hold a premier status.

The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent weeks saying her staff can only go so far to target the feds.

A federal lawsuit filed by life insurance company Nippon claims OpenAI’s chatbot acted as a lawyer and convinced a woman to fire her human attorney.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against the owner of a Lockport McDonald's restaurant, alleging more than 550 violations of the Illinois Child Labor Law.

When Illinois Times last wrote about environmental engineer Michael Keebler in August 2015, his situation was grim. The U.S. government had filed seizure notices for multiple assets, including his home, around the same time he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency out of $13 million.

The FBI received a tip about possible sexual abuse involving a Carterville, Illinois High School employee and former students in November 2024 - yet a year had passed before the district placed the employee on administrative leave and officials notified the state child abuse hotline.