The federal lawsuit against the Springfield Police Department filed by the father of two-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes has been dismissed. Dartavious Barnes accused Springfield police officers of violating his constitutional rights and Illinois state law during a traffic stop, where his daughter’s ashes were tested for drugs.

An Illinois appeals court reversed a trial judge’s decision that sharply criticized Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office and prohibited large swaths of testimony in a case against two former assistant state’s attorneys accused of misconduct.

On the eve of his sentencing for defrauding a former employer, jailed ex-Reditus Laboratories CEO Aaron Rossi pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he enriched himself at the expense of state taxpayers and health insurance companies.

Debra Wellborn’s decision to retire as an associate judge in Adams County on July 2 means she will get her first name back.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested Daniel Pederson, 24, for allegedly threatening a courtroom with a “military-style” shooting.

Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker wrapped up June by signing two bills that affirm the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Illinois.

While Jan. 1 is often thought to be the start of new laws, a number of them actually begin on July 1 -- and this year is no different.

Nine months after cash bail ended in Illinois, the state is taking its first steps in publishing the data that crafters of the bail reform law saw as essential to judging its effectiveness.

Student debt is still taking a big bite out of lawyer earnings four years after law school graduation, especially at law schools with the lowest return on investment, according to a study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.