With many county public defender offices pushed to the limits throughout Illinois, state lawmakers are moving forward on legislation to create a statewide public defender office.

Whether he’ll be charged for an incident during a postgame celebrations last October remains unknown, but a former Illini ...

Cozen O’Connor has promoted Evanston attorney Hayley Ryan from associate to member in the firm’s Chicago office. Ryan concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation and data privacy ...

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For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes ...

A bill that would make it easier for police officers to remove squatters from someone's home is one step closer to becoming ...

Nine persons have been charged in federal court with immigration-related offenses in Southern Illinois in the past two months ...

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to prevent employers from firing migrant workers if their records don't match the ...

Hate leafleting has become an increasingly common means for extremist groups to espouse hateful messages and intimidate ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — An attorney for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was fired after a report from the Office of Executive Inspector General found that she was ...

Maaria Mozaffar, an Illinois attorney and legislative drafter, who authored the Faith by Plate Act, said conversations about guidelines will happen before the funds are secured. “The approach is ...

With reported instances of shoplifting up by 27% over the last five years, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recently joined lawmakers in pushing a national organized retail crime bill that ...