During her time as an undergrad at the University of Illinois, Colleen Ramais studied economics because she had an interest in “solving problems,” especially problems that involved people.

The directive makes Chicago the first city in the nation “to leverage local authority to pursue legal accountability for misconduct” by federal agents, according to the city.

Michael Alter, the majority owner of the Chicago Sky, was accused in a new lawsuit of "self-dealing" and unfairly shortchanging other team investors.

Justice Sanjay T. Tailor, a 23-year veteran trial and appellate court judge and the first Asian American to sit on the Illinois Supreme Court, was sworn in Friday by Chief Justice P. Scott Neville at an installation ceremony held in Chicago.

The initiative, called “Ride Safe, Ride Smart, Ride Ready,” seeks to expand safety education and address Illinois’ archaic bike laws, which currently don’t address some of the fastest e-bikes.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office made the state’s naughty list just two days before Christmas, over its handling of two immigrant detainees. But should it have? The answer is no, county State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser said this week following her office’s investigation of the claims.

Cook County’s new chief judge on Wednesday announced sweeping changes to his office’s electronic monitoring programs, requiring all major violations to be reported to judges within 24 hours and lowering the threshold for what constitutes a major violation from 48 hours of unauthorized absence to just three hours.

Keishaun R. Thomas, the Decatur concealed permit holder accused of killing one man and shooting at another while claiming self-defense, has now been booked on a charge of first degree murder.