The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first to reject the Trump administration’s novel reading of immigration law, which it’s used to hold people in mandatory detention.

Incarcerated individuals in Illinois could start earning money behind bars if a newly proposed bill were to pass.

The Higher Education Mental Health Action Act aims to enhance on-campus mental health services at public colleges as an extension of the state’s Mental Health Early Action Plan.

State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, has agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would avoid a retrial and see the three charges against him — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year from now.

Two new state laws set to take effect in the new year target two areas that have frequently made local headlines — gun owners not safely storing their weapons and law enforcement’s ability to track illegal firearms.

Justice David K. Overstreet of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for an at-large circuit judge vacancy in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. The vacancy was created by the retirement of Judge Jeffrey Geisler.

In Illinois, immigrants have lost thousands of dollars to notarios offering legal assistance they’re not qualified to provide — as well as other impostors. Nationally, the figure is at least $1.2 million.

A Will County judge said the state has until Thursday to return four cars and investment accounts estimated at $5.5 million that belong to owners of Kee Firearms and Kee Construction in New Lenox that were seized in 2023 as a part of money laundering investigations.

A judge once again has sided with DuPage County in its ongoing legal battle against County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek.