Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The decision was ...

Law enforcement officers can't rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a car without a warrant, the ...

A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of ...

While the bench trial for Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is over, the reverberations could impact a separate lawsuit against banning firearm silencers. Litigants in the trial that wrapped up Thursday ...

In Springfield on Thursday, the medical industry went to court. The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of class action suits brought by two suburban nurses, Lucille Mosby and Yana ...

An odour of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said ...

According to a complex funding formula to be laid out in the bill, colleges and universities in the Prairie State would receive $6,000 for every black or American Indian student enrolled. Hispanics ...

Now, all eyes turn to Madigan’s own trial on racketeering charges, which kicks off in less than three weeks and could pose similar problems for prosecutors.

In suburban Cook County, a large percentage of applicants have received permits even though Sheriff Tom Dart objected for ...

The owner and operator of four We Wash Hand Wash and Car Detail Centers has been ordered to pay $799,566 in backpay and ...

A murder trial in the death of a Winfield nurse is scheduled to start Oct. 28. Raju Rawal, 67, of Merrillville, is charged with murder in the Feb. 23, 2023, death of Haley Losinski, 36. He appeared in ...

A major portion of the law commonly referred to as the Pretrial Fairness Act made Illinois the first state to eliminate cash ...