With only four Cook County Circuit Court seats open for countywide election in the March 2026 primary, Cook County Democratic Party committee people met ...

In the decades since, Black homeowners in Cook County have weathered predatory contract buying, redlining, discriminatory lending practices, the foreclosure crisis, and a property assessment system ...

Chicago Police Lt. John D. Poulos is running for Cook County judge. Standing in his way is a tarnished track record that experts say calls his credibility into question.

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

Cases are near an all-time high, while arrests and prosecutions have plummeted. Meanwhile, many older adults, like 91-year-old Paul Borik, are losing their life savings as social service caseworkers ...

Their survey also asked about changes in the U.S. legal system that have resulted in a decline in jury trials. The results were published in a December article in the Louisiana Law Review, “ Reasons ...

We interviewed past and present police union presidents, activists, and legal scholars for perspectives about the role FOP leaders have played since the organization established itself in Chicago ...

Responding to Darlie Lynn Routier’s frantic 911 call from her Dallas County home in 1996, police found her two sons, Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5, dying of stab wounds.

State officials quietly shut down Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center in June, but allegations of abuse by staffers had apparently been ignored for years.

Illustration by Veronica Martinez for the Trace. Veronica Martinez for The Trace This story is published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Sign up for one of ...

Last year was the deadliest at the jail in decades. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart blames drugs being smuggled in.

At least 25 Illinois Department of Corrections employees have taken part in online conversations that mocked, demeaned, or disclosed personal and medical information about transgender inmates in two ...