A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.

Seven witnesses helped identify a man, Gregory Boyd, who they said fit the description of Walker’s killer, the suit said. Boyd later confessed to killing Walker along with two other people; however he was released from police custody and the case went cold, the lawsuit said.

A Chicago man who spent nearly three decades in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager was fully exonerated by a Cook County judge on Tuesday. Jerry Herrington was represented by the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) based at the University of Illinois Springfield.

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives have proposed a bill to establish the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission.

The state of Illinois is looking to dismiss the case that the U.S. Department of Justice brought against the state over migrant sanctuary policies. In a legal motion, the state of Illinois said the DOJ’s case is misguided.

The Supreme Court ruled in May 2023 that tax sales as they've been practiced in several states unconstitutionally rob property owners of their home equity. Illinois is the last state to offer up a fix.

Tiffany Henyard reminded residents of the repaved streets and sidewalks she brought to fruition, and a $3 million grant to rebuild the village.

Twenty years ago the ponds of Izaak Walton Forest Preserve in southern Cook County looked very different. Clean and clear, they attracted birdwatchers, recreational fishers and nature enthusiasts. In 2025,

Adding an auction step could make tax-delinquent properties more expensive, but homeowners would receive excess proceeds.

A homicide investigation is underway after a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were killed Sunday in Markham, Illinois State Police said.