Foxx to face questions about murder conviction review ‘investigations’

Former Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx should need to answer questions under oath about her decision to direct her deputies to not oppose a move by two women who had been convicted of first degree murder to toss their conviction and open a pathway to add their names to the list of once-convicted criminals suing the city of Chicago for alleged wrongful prosecution.

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Legal Newsline

Lawyers wrangle over Syngenta settlement while families wait for justice

The gears of justice are grinding slowly these days in the East St. Louis courthouse where the fates are being decided of the nearly 6,500 lawsuits filed against Syngenta Corporation. The vast majority of the lawsuits have been filed by farmers and agricultural workers.

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St. Louis Magazine

CPD officer stripped of police powers mid-deposition: 'An unusual development'

A Chicago police officer was about an hour and a half into a deposition Friday morning over one of dozens of misconduct allegations against him as a member of an embattled North Side tactical team when the officer’s attorney requested a break.

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Chicago Tribune

What does Gov. JB Pritzker’s nuclear energy executive order do?

During his recent State of the State and budget address, Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new direction for nuclear energy in Illinois, aimed at staving off predicted energy shortages as the state moves toward carbon-free power generation.

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Capitol News Illinois

$1,600 in fines for 4 city sticker violations? City must refund millions for ticket overcharges

A Cook County judge ruled cash-strapped Chicago is liable for overcharges and interest on more than a million tickets issued by the city from 2012 to 2022. If the ruling stands, refunds would add up to nearly $104 million.

From: 
Chicago Sun-Times

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When Courts Create Rules of Return

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Marybeth Stanziola

Molshree Sharma in her February Illinois Bar Journal article, “When Courts Create Rules of Return,” notes that courts have sometimes ordered the return of a minor child under specific conditions that the petitioning parent must comply with to balance the competing concerns of ensuring the return of minor children to their habitual residence with preventing or ideally eliminating grave harm. These conditions are typically called “ameliorative measures” or “undertakings.” In her article, Sharma assesses the split in the U.S.