Friday, September 18, 2026
Illinois law requires attorneys to file a petition to deny pretrial release within 21 days of a person’s arrest and release. However, the Illinois Supreme Court is currently debating whether that requirement is mandatory or directory.
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek took her legal fight over how her office is run to a panel of three appellate court justices this week, asking them to overturn earlier rulings made by a county judge on billing and bidding procedures.
Fifteen U.S. citizens and legal residents alleging excessive force, wrongful detainment and other harms at the hands of federal immigration agents during last year’s Operation Midway Blitz have taken the first step to sue the Department of Homeland Security, their attorneys announced Thursday.
A federal judge won’t prematurely end a class action accusing State Farm of misleading thousands of life insurance customers by selling policies issued by a company it knew was facing a massive capital shortfall.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says a Vienna man pleaded guilty to defrauding Johnson, Hardin and Pope counties out of over $100,000 while employed as the Johnson County 911 administrator.