Daily Legal News Archive

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Plaintiffs represented by the Liberty Justice Center are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to hear a case challenging limits to where Illinoisans may challenge state law on the grounds they violate the Illinois Constitution.

From: 
Illinois Policy Institute

A federal grand jury indicted six alleged members and associates of a Chicago street gang for participating in a criminal organization that murdered rivals, committed armed robberies and carjackings, and violently protected their perceived territory on the South Side of Chicago, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois said in a news release Monday.

From: 
ABC 7 Chicago

A Markham police officer who found a loaded firearm in a vehicle owned and operated by a convicted murderer, only to be fired when CWBChicago asked the city’s police chief why he ordered the cop to let the convicted felon go, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the chief and the city on Monday morning.

From: 
CWBChicago

A new state law taking effect next week will ban companies from manufacturing, selling, and distributing firefighter protective gear containing forever chemicals. Experts believe this could be critical for the long-term health of first responders.
From: 
WAND News

Four Illinois Democrats toured a federal immigration center outside Chicago on Monday, the latest members of Congress allowed inside immigration facilities after a judge last week lifted Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits.

From: 
The Associated Press

Police arrived at the three-flat apartment in the city’s East Side neighborhood at 7:00 a.m. one day last summer. Walking up from the basement, a young man met the team of Chicago Police Department and Illinois Department of Corrections officers in the building’s common area. It was time to conduct a parole check.

From: 
Belleville News-Democrat