The Illinois Supreme Court announced that it will begin including summaries with opinion releases. This is to give the public a clear explanation of the rulings in plain language.

Renters across Champaign-Urbana say they're struggling with housing costs rising and unfair rent agreements. Now, they are calling on lawmakers to lift the ban on rent control laws in Illinois.

These “are not ordinary times at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse” in Chicago’s Loop. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes made that point Thursday, as he closed the book on the last of five now-dismissed prosecutions tied to September protests outside a federal immigration holding facility in the western suburbs.

Former immigration judges are deeply concerned about a Trump administration plan to install military attorneys as immigration judges around the country, including in Chicago.

Leading appellate attorneys review the eight Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down yesterday.

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park last month, marking a striking conclusion to one of the most controversial cases to emerge from Operation Midway Blitz.

A suspect charged with terrorism and accused of setting a woman on fire on the CTA goes before a judge Friday.