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The Illinois Appellate Court has repeatedly overturned and criticized decisions by Judge Ursula Walowski. Two defendants have also been charged with attacking assistant public defenders in her courtro...

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Injustice Watch's guide to the November 2026 Cook County judicial elections.

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

Injustice Watch's guide to the November 2026 Cook County judicial elections.

Winnebago County prosecutors were informed of serious problems at the lab in 2024. They called Bash to testify in a pair of driving-while-high cases anyway.

A new trove of documents independently confirmed by Injustice Watch allege previously unreported misconduct and conflicts of interest by Illinois’ Special Prosecution Unit.

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We’re expanding the print distribution of our judicial election guide for the November election to reach 200,000 voters — more than ever before. We need

In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despi...

Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.

For 24 years, Timothy Evans led the Cook County Circuit Court through major reforms and policy changes.

Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz...

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The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.

Three men filed a lawsuit Monday against administrators at the Illinois Department of Corrections and Menard Correctional Center, alleging that they inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on the plain...

Third ICE-involved death in a week confirmed after fatal St. Augustine crash during joint agency operation. National outrage grows over enforcement and deaths

Track Chicago building permit volume, fee payment status, and permit processing times, including a rolling 30-day average for new construction and renovation permits.

Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?

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How a rogue forensics lab in Chicago got people wrongfully convicted for driving high.

We’re researching the Cook County judges running for another term in November for our judicial election guide. Have something to share? Let us know.

We’re researching the Cook County judges running for another term in November for our judicial election guide. Have something to share? Let us know.

A driver charged in a fatal crash pleaded not guilty and spent nearly a year and a half behind bars as the case crawled through court. Those charges have now been dropped.