A University of Illinois Chicago professor filed a lawsuit after he said he was fired due to speaking out against the university's unlawful race-based hiring programs.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined yet another multistate lawsuit against the Trump ...

New lawsuits surrounding sex abuse at Illinois juvenile facilities include more than 130 people, with allegations dating back to the 90s.

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the ...

Trump challenges sanctuary cities in court, testing federal vs. state power on immigration. Legal battle could reshape ...

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to the disgraced former governor who was convicted more ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois ...

Several Quaker groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over Trump’s decision to end ICE’s ...