Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who would go on to commit murder, leading to intense scrutiny in Springfield.

Illinois high school students learned the intricacies and interplay of crime scene investigation and the legal system during a weeklong program co-sponsored by Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School.

The White House is proposing to eliminate Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest funder of civil legal aid. If passed, thousands of Illinoisans would no longer receive free legal help through the state’s three legal aid groups.

A crew of six suspects has been charged after the sheriff said they were responsible for over 100 burglaries at liquor stores in Lake County and other nearby counties.

The federal government’s expanded mass deportation operations in the Chicago area and other large cities are taking a toll on the immigrant community in Elgin, advocates said.

Republican lawmakers in Illinois filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County on June 17, arguing that the Democratic Majority passed a special interest proposal unconstitutionally.

A Peoria man was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for strangling his mother to death nearly two years ago. Avion Tapia, 19, convicted in March of second-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 22, 2023, death of Vanessa Tucker, apologized during a brief statement, saying he never meant to hurt his mother. 

The 11th Circuit is not the only federal court that has proven unreceptive to the argument that police should make sure they are in the right place before raiding someone’s home.