Cook County’s top prosecutor says electronic monitoring isn’t keeping the public safe when used for accused violent criminals ...

Linnea Thompson, Circuit Judge for Illinois' 14th Judicial Circuit, announced Tuesday that she will not be seeking retention ...

The 29-year-old Cook County commissioner replaces outgoing Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who was tapped by Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

City Council members confirmed the appointment of Anthony Joel Quezada as their newest colleague today, representing the 35th ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some ...

The recent election that determined control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court saw millions of dollars flooding in from billionaires, featured attack ads and drew national political attention.

As BGA Policy has consistently highlighted, Illinois’ judicial branch is not subject to FOIA, leaving entities like juvenile ...

A U.S. Supreme Court hearing about the constitutionality of Louisiana's congressional map Monday veered into ... repeatedly raised the idea that courts should no longer be ordering states to ...

a chief deputy district attorney for the county. Merski and Lightner are first-time judicial candidates. Orton lost the race for a judgeship two years ago. The election law dispute was over claims ...

He’s been losing in the district courts, and he lost again in the Ninth Circuit. Before we wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to add? Roberts’ decision to speak out was unusual ...

The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say. By Amanda Taub President Trump’s ...

CASPER — Three 10th Circuit Court of Appeals judges on Tuesday, March 18, affirmed the ruling of lower courts that hunters can corner cross as long as hunters do not physically touch private land.