Dueling legal interpretations of what constitutes “regular forces” are at the heart of briefings now positioned before the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court prepares to rule on President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.

Illinois could soon increase access to behavioral healthcare and substance use treatment by improving insurance adequacy. The mental health parity plan is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk after three years of hard work by state lawmakers.

America First Legal filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, asking for an investigation into the law, which requires mental health screenings for students in grades 3-12 without parental consent.

A Palatine police officer told a crowd gathering around an immigration arrest to back up - then as people watched, the officer knelt down and secured the hand of a man agents were in the process of detaining, according to body camera video obtained by the Tribune.

A man accused of firing a gun in the air during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in Utah more than two years before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, according to authorities and newly unsealed court records.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against PMJ Enterprises Inc. and its owner and president alleging that the Chicago-based construction company misclassified workers as independent contractors and failed to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime wages.

Legal technology leader Clio announced Monday that it completed its $1 billion acquisition of vLex, a legal intelligence and global research platform that includes Vincent AI and vLex Fastcase.