(The Center Square) – It’s now up to the Illinois Supreme Court to decide if a recently enacted state law limiting where people can file constitutional challenges against the state to Sangamon ...

It’s now up to the Illinois Supreme Court to decide if a recently enacted state law limiting where people can file constitutional challenges against the state to Sangamon and Cook counties, not any of ...

That court upheld the conviction before the case was escalated to the Illinois Supreme Court, where Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford reversed the conviction. Smollett pleaded not guilty to the ...

State Street. Guests including Mayor Tom McNamara, Winnebago County Chairman Joseph Chiarelli and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Rochford spoke to raise awareness about human trafficking ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois ranks among the highest rates of identified human trafficking cases in the United States. In 2023, Rockford ranked in the top 1% of human trafficking in the state.

It appears to be the first Justice Department lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump ...

Federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local ...

The lawsuit asks the court to immediately end a number of laws and ordinances it says thwart federal immigration authorities.

The Justice Department sued the State of Illinois, the city of Chicago and other local jurisdictions alleging their laws are standing in the way of the Trump administration's increased immigration ...

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against both Chicago and Illinois, alleging the state's and city's immigration policies and welcoming city status impede federal regulations.

The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, seeking to block state and local protections for undocumented immigrants that the Trump administration says ...

The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal ...