Still unknown is whether the Blue Island Democrat will be called to testify at the upcoming trial of his longtime ally, former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.

Campton Hills paid a law firm more than $36,000 to conduct an internal investigation of Village Hall – then refused to provide the results of that probe by denying a Freedom of Information Act request.

The judge spent part of the hearing asking about Chicago’s persistent corruption. He asked a prosecutor, ‘Why does public corruption keep happening?’

Starting this month everyone who legally owns an assault rifle in Illinois has to register it with the state.

Former NFL player Sergio Brown, who had been missing since his mother was found dead last month, has been arrested and is expected to face a first-degree murder charge in the killing once he is extradited from California to Illinois, police say.

A woman who reported being repeatedly raped by a staff member at Logan Correctional Center while she was an inmate at the Lincoln prison was awarded a $19 million judgment last month by a federal jury in Springfield.

An administrative law judge has recommended that state regulators approve a smaller rate increase for Peoples Gas than the utility asked for — but the increase would still add up to the biggest hike customers have ever seen in Illinois.

The legal services sector added 5,100 jobs in September after a loss of 3,900 jobs in August, according to preliminary and seasonally adjusted figures issued Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 17th Judicial Circuit is comprised of Winnebago County and Boone County, Illinois. The chief judge of a judicial circuit is a position created under the Illinois constitution. The chief judge has “general administrative authority” over the court, including the assignment of cases.