A federal judge told a Chicago police union its attempt to intervene in Illinois’ lawsuit against the City of Chicago over police brutality against blacks and Latinos came nine months too late.
Read moreThe Chicago Tribune sued a labor union representing its 120 delivery drivers on Tuesday, claiming an arbitrator misinterpreted a collective-bargaining agreement to award the drivers 10 hours of overtime pay each time their rest period is interrupted to fill in for absent co-workers.
Read morePresident Donald Trump may have issues with Chicago when it comes to gun violence and immigration, but the Illinois attorney general claims his namesake hotel has no problem with polluting the city’s river.
Read moreU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an appeal Wednesday of a federal judge’s permanent injunction against the Trump administration’s effort to block so-called sanctuary cities from getting law enforcement grant funds.
Read moreA Chicago police officer fatally shot the unarmed, 24-year-old Maurice Granton Jr. in the back on June 6, and it was videotaped, his survivors claim in Cook County Court.
Read moreChicago and state officials released a plan Friday to carry out far-reaching police reforms under federal court supervision more than a year after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found a longstanding history of civil rights violations by the police department.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s efforts to punish cities for refusing to cooperate with its immigration crackdown faced a setback Friday when a federal judge reaffirmed a ruling that it cannot block cities from getting law enforcement grant funds.
Read moreClosing arguments Wednesday in an Illinois wrongful-death case centered on whether a Chicago police officer was justified in shooting and killing a teen outside his father’s home the day after Christmas.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit stayed the nationwide aspect of an injunction blocking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to financially punish so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws, but allowed the injunction to apply to Chicago while the court prepares to rehear the case en banc.
Read moreA Chicago police officer testified before a Cook County jury Wednesday about his fatal shooting of a teenager and his neighbor, saying the incident has left him scarred but that he responded in the way he was trained to.
Read moreChicago parents who say they helped turn around a failing elementary school in a black neighborhood are now fighting for its survival in court, asking a federal judge to stop the school district from shutting it down to make way for a new high school.
Read moreThe artist who created the iconic piece claims “The Bean” sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park was used without permission in a National Rifle Association recruitment video that he says calls for violence against liberals and the news media.
Read moreA coalition of community groups and individuals sued the city of Chicago on Tuesday over claims that the police department targets blacks and Hispanics for a database that permanently identifies them as gang members.
Read moreA public parks activist group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to prevent the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission did not have jurisdiction over a petition by a number of securities firms claiming the Chicago Board Options Exchange and Nasdaq mischarged them millions of dollars, the Seventh Circuit ruled.
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Investors claim in a federal class action that the Chicago Board of Options Exchange put profits ahead of protecting investors by allegedly allowing its Volatility Index to be manipulated by Wall Street firms.
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