The high court ruled last year in the landmark Rudisill case that veterans could get up to 48 months of college benefits ...

An investigation into a deadly shooting involving police and a chainsaw-wielding man at an Illinois nursing home has found no ...

Following a hearing in July 2024, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) of the state's ...

Two former Orland Park police officers have filed federal lawsuits against the village, alleging retaliation, wrongful termination, and, in one case, wrongful arrest.

In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new ...

While Brian Benton was police chief, Officer Cassie Socha's phone was seized by her fellow officers and they disseminated her ...

UChicago is among nearly 50 institutions under investigation for alleged racial discrimination related to DEI programs.

Chicago police executed a search warrant at the wrong address more than six years ago that left social worker Anjanette Young ...

Federal funding cuts threaten Illinois fair housing groups, raising concerns over discrimination protections for tenants.

Thousands of women sue after two studies, that followed a combined 78,000 women, showed an association between hair relaxer ...

Later this month, a Bloomington man hopes his attorneys can convince an appellate court panel that he has new evidence which ...

Lafontant was born Jewel Carter Stradford in 1922 to a prominent African American family. Her father, C. Francis Stradford, ...