The firm has grown its Chicago presence to 13 lawyers since a former Kirkland & Ellis partner launched the office here three ...

Despite Illinois law setting clear budget rules, lawmakers routinely fast-track last-minute, backroom deals, keeping voters and other legislators in the dark.

Next City explains that sanctuary cities, which aim to limit collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, are ...

The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, ...

Ivy League colleges aren't the only campuses under fire over DEI initiatives. Now, Trump's orders are taking aim at K-12 public schools.

A Trace analysis found Chicago’s clearance rates are declining even with fewer homicides to solve. Thousands of families are ...

An Illinois law enhancing pay and benefits for temporary workers employed by staffing agencies withstood an early legal ...

Long before the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, thousands of people each year in the U.S. were denied ...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned against the Trump administration’s charge that judges were actively undermining democracy. In late April 2025, she said during a conference for ...

Owners say since the city's One Fair Wage law took effect last year, it has forced them to raise prices, cut staff or limit ...

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul is a key figure in the Democratic legal battle against Trump’s executive orders and policies. And he ...