Minimum wages.Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another ...

A retired police officer in the nation’s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.

Where defendant’s postconviction petition reaches second-stage proceedings, postconviction counsel has an obligation to support any new claims made with evidence and authority.

President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” ...

Food company Conagra Brands Inc. lost a bid to have a $7.1 million jury verdict against it reversed related to deep second-degree burns a woman sustained from a flash fire caused by an allegedly ...

Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government ...

The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019.

Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state.

Where the Chicago Park District is contracted to control, maintain and operate park land they own it for the purpose of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Though he wouldn’t get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years — and one felony plea — later, former state Rep.

Chicago Alderman James M. Gardiner has agreed to pay $157,500 to settle a lawsuit accusing him of violating the First Amendment by suppressing dissent on his official Facebook page.

A plaintiff has standing to seek relief in Illinois court for alleged violation of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 despite sustaining no actual damages. That is the ...