The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Thursday that “essential data and information” from the judicial branch will be ...

Every year, Illinois prisons incarcerate about 30,000 people at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. Nearly half of those people have a history of mental illness.

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois Democrats appeared poised to maintain ...

In 1946, the Illinois Supreme Court heard a case that would eventually become a landmark in American legal history. The public school district in Champaign, like many other districts in Illinois at ...

Illinois lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker bills on autism license labels, court reminders and traveling animal acts for final ...

The latest moves leave Illinois’ first-in-the-nation law banning “swipe fees” on taxes and tips in both legislative and ...

Trade groups challenging an Illinois state law barring interchange fees on taxes and tips are urging a federal judge to rule by June 3 ahead of the law's July 1 effective date.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of former President Donald Trump on Monday, halting efforts from groups in several states, including Illinois, to remove him from the ballot over ...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants awaiting trial, rejecting arguments from county ...

With Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham leading the way in both party endorsements and fundraising going into the campaign’s final week, her Democratic primary challenger is staking his bid ...

Mental health courts have expanded in Illinois. There are 31 of them in 25 counties. But a new report finds about two million ...

Appeals court judges said they were joining with other courts in limiting the reach of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.