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.

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 ...

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.

A woman attempting to sue her doctors for medical negligence for failing to discontinue medication that was allegedly causing her severe muscle pain and weakness lost a bid to revive her suit.

Cook County Circuit Judge Robert F. Harris has four sons. They may not be his biological children, but he has raised them as his own.

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.

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

Where petitioner seeks to challenge an administrative decision based on a federal guilty plea, the appellate court is not the appropriate forum to reevaluate the federal decision.

Where Surface Transportation Board had broad discretion to determine what qualified as “reasonable” facility for railroad switching, and considering costs of switching was not an abuse of discretion.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of the season this fall in a game against the Miami Marlins. The home run made Ohtani the first player in history to hit 50 home runs and ...

A Cook County jury awarded $56 million Friday to the family of a Chicago woman who died following a plastic surgery procedure.