A federal judge in Chicago ordered federal officials to improve conditions for detainees at a suburban Chicago immigration facility, including access to clean toilets, after a lawsuit alleged the conditions were unconstitutional and inhumane.

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a 14-day order requiring improvements at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility

Ceremonies planned for new lawyers Bar admission ceremonies are scheduled across the state Wednesday for the 1,637 people who passed the July 2025 Bar Exam. Illinois Supreme Court justices are scheduled to swear in the new attorneys in all five of the state’s judicial districts.

The legal fight over use of force by federal officers continues amid nearly 4,000 "Operation Midway Blitz"the arrests

Illinois and Chicago have sued the Trump administration to block deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, though it was revealed in court that troops are already on the way.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is appealing his conviction on federal corruption charges. In the appeal, Madigan's attorneys claim prosecutors' use of bribery and wire fraud statues, were quote, "stretched beyond their breaking points."