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.

The state of Illinois is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that its sanctuary policies for migrants interfere with federal immigration enforcement, arguing that state laws are designed to and in fact discriminate against the Federal Government's enforcement of federal immigration law.

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

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,

The Cook County Creative Placemaking program will award grants of $50,000 to $250,000 to suburban-based nonprofit organizations. Applications are being accepted through April 7.

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