Rob Jacobson stood before an audience of more than 70 people Friday morning in the Champaign County Courthouse before he raised his right hand and was sworn in as the county’s newest associate judge.

When Marilyn Lemak killed her three children 25 years ago, prosecutors painted her as an angry woman trying to hurt her estranged husband, while her defense argued she was legally insane.

Five years after a federal court order requiring the Chicago Police Department to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers took effect, little urgency surrounds the reform effort — despite the growing cost to taxpayers of police misconduct and persistently high levels of crime and violence on the South and the West sides.

Donald Trump's campaign filed an appeal Thursday morning, after a Cook County judge ordered the Illinois Board of Elections to remove the former president from ballots statewide for the March 19 primary.

Illinois may soon require all businesses to charge only the advertised price for goods and services, thanks to a new bill in the statehouse.

Illinois leads nation in overturned wrongful convictions but has one of the lowest repayment structures.

Prosecutors have accused defense attorneys for the four people convicted of conspiring to bribe Michael Madigan of “claiming victory prematurely.” But one defense attorney predicted that “the convictions are not going to stand.”

Illinois’ insurance code prohibits discrimination, but state Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) said there’s a difference between impact and intent.