SPRINGFIELD – Two newly-elected justices of the Illinois Supreme Court have declined to recuse themselves from a case challenging the state’s recently passed ban on assault weapons…
SPRINGFIELD – A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois’ new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a divided state appellate court…
While a crocheted serpent took its place on the Capitol rotunda this week and the governor signed a pair of major bills passed in the recent veto session, history was happening on the…
SPRINGFIELD – Justice Mary Jane Theis was sworn in Wednesday, Oct. 26 as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, the fourth woman in the state’s history to hold the position….
SPRINGFIELD – Lisa Holder White was sworn in Thursday, July 7 as the first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court. Holder White, who previously served on the 4th District…
SPRINGFIELD – A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday, Dec. 28, that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash bail in Illinois, while…
SPRINGFIELD – Mary Jane Theis was sworn in as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday, Nov. 14 in a public ceremony, becoming the fourth woman to hold the gavel since…
SPRINGFIELD – Two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court are up for vote on Nov. 8 and the outcomes of those races could flip the state’s high court from a Democratic majority to a…
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked ...Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself. According ...
Chicago teen charged in fatal ...A 19-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a fatal ...
