Until the Supreme Court rules, 31 cases will remain in limbo — including three that seek to terminate officers who caused the deaths of Chicagoans, record show.

Pritzker, who is widely viewed as having 2028 White House aspirations, is tapping into an issue seen as important to voters.

U.S. District Judge April Perry has pulled the trial, which was set to begin Tuesday, from her docket after she conferred with defense attorneys and federal prosecutors in a sealed courtroom Thursday ...

A new investigation by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on the Cook County court system, revealed that Cook County prosecutors are challenging efforts by wrongfully convicted individuals ...

The City Council’s Workforce Development Committee advanced the measure after a lengthy debate over whether all city employees, not just CPD members, should be banned from “actively participating” in ...

Facing public backlash, the Trump administration is outsourcing more immigration enforcement to local agencies and politically connected contractors.

* Gov. Pritzker was asked last week if he supported a constitutional amendment to impose an income tax surcharge on annual income above a million dollars a year to alleviate the state’s high property taxes… Well, I want to remind you that property taxes are not determined by the state of Illinois, but rather by local [...]

USA: Chicago inter-urban commuter railway South Shore Line opens its Monon Corridor branch from Hammond Gateway to Munster/Dyer, after inauguration ceremonies which were briefly disrupted by bad weather.

The trial got off to a slow start just days after the fifth anniversary of Adam’s death, which spurred outrage-fueled demonstrations and renewed calls for police reform.

The appellate ruling comes nearly three years after a Cook County jury ruled in favor of the police officers in deciding the civil suit. But in its ruling, the appellate court found that attorneys rep...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at O'Hare International Airport Monday morning, CBS News Chicago confirmed.

TimeLine artistic director PJ Powers and executive director Mica Cole led a ceremony to illuminate their new theater in the Uptown neighborhood, a moment decades in the making.

The Joliet City Council is set to decide the fate of a proposed 795-acre A.I. data center, which would use up to 150,000 gallons of water per day and 1.8 gigawatts of electricity, despite concerns …

Destroying those videos will lead “to the permanent loss of evidence that may be essential for lawsuits and other challenges to police practices,” according to the city's Department of Law.

The new owner is Teri O’Brien, a former employee. She says she doesn’t plan to change a thing about the Hideout, which has long nurtured an eclectic mix of country singers, rock bands, comedy and civics classes.

The Hideout, a cornerstone of Chicago’s music and political scene, has been sold to a former insider with ties to a prominent trading family, as major redevelopment looms around the club.

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Incumbent Toni Preckwinkle has spent the past 16 years as board president. Running against her was Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly, who has represented the city’s 42nd Ward since 2007.

The board’s decision comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed for nearly a year to name former Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward) to lead the CHA, only to run into a brick wall of opposition from board m...