Staffing numbers have remained stagnant since the office was created in 2007. Meanwhile, some county officials have grown hostile, it appears, over a proposal that will help the office alleviate ...

Attorney Mark W. Smith of The Four Boxes Diner says Cook County has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to deny review in ...

KINGS v. BOSSES: Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez is exploring a run for Congress in the 4th District — just days after ...

State lawmakers approved a package of laws that set protections for immigrants at courts, public universities and day care ...

Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the ‘Clean Slate’ Act ...

CHICAGO - A state appeals panel has agreed an insurance company doesn’t need to contribute to a $28.5 million settlement that ...

As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters ...

A college student from Round Rock born with no hands is competing for a Rhodes Scholarship. Garrison Shin,  22, was adopted ...

The cook-off, sanctioned by the International Chili Society, will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Southeastern ...

Luzerne County’s electronic ballot marking devices have a wording error in the Supreme Court retention questions, but county officials say the yes-no selections made by voters won’t be impacted, ...

Illinois residents argue that Chicago's policy of prohibiting officers from accepting cash bail if the warrant was issued ...