Caterpillar Inc., will pay $800,000 to resolve allegations of systemic hiring discrimination against dozens of Black applicants at its Decatur, Illinois production facility. 

The Illinois Supreme Court is considering a case about whether someone’s Firearm Owners ID card can be revoked for merely being charged with a felony.

Seven months after Democratic Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch advanced a measure that would allow legislative staff to unionize, members of his own staff on Tuesday blasted the speaker for allowing the bill to languish.

A lengthy court battle is still trying to determine what the Wheaton Historic Preservation Council did with its extensive collection and more than $300,000.

There may soon be a law on the books to provide vehicle owners with a defense against the rise in theft of catalytic convertors in Illinois.

A lawsuit filed this month against the Illinois Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice might help tip the scales for legislation pending in Springfield.

A bill that would pave the way for Illinois residents to have access to electronic driver’s licenses and identification cards has passed the House, and will now head to the state’s Senate.

Exclusions in a custom car floormat maker’s umbrella policy do not apply to preclude an insurer from defending it against a class action over alleged violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday.