Chicago’s school board claims in court that the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos revoked $4 million in grant money based on incomplete investigations into the school district’s handling of sexual harassment and assault reports.
Read moreA class action filed Thursday accuses Chicago of refusing to repay residents money it collected from illegally issued duplicate vehicle-related tickets.
Read moreA shooting at a Chicago hospital has wounded multiple people, including a suspect and a police officer, authorities said.
Read moreA former top lieutenant to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and likely witness at the Mexican drug lord’s New York trial has pleaded guilty to trafficking conspiracy in Chicago, saying in a plea agreement unsealed Friday that he will cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of a reduced sentence and protection from cartel retribution for his family.
Read moreOpponents of what they call Chicago’s “draconian” ordinance regulating Airbnb rentals faced an unsympathetic Seventh Circuit panel at oral arguments Monday morning.
Read moreSlamming police reforms proposed by the city’s mayor and the Illinois attorney general, U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a speech Friday in Chicago about a favorite topic of the White House – crime in the Windy City,
Read moreU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked a federal judge Friday not to get involved with police reform in Chicago and reject a consent decree that the city and Illinois have been working on together for almost a year.
Read moreChicago claims U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions still refuses to release millions in federal policing funds because the city will not cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration policies, despite a nationwide injunction declaring such withholding unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss two women’s claims that Chicago discriminates against female police officers, as statistical analyses and the allegations of discrimination plausibly allege a widespread practice that excludes women from command positions.
Read moreA jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
Read moreTwo mothers and one grandmother filed a federal class action Wednesday claiming Illinois’ lack of regulations to curtail gun trafficking disproportionately affects kids in black communities.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit was keenly aware of the national repercussions of the issue before the court at oral arguments Friday in Courthouse News Service’s First Amendment lawsuit seeking same-day access to new civil complaints filed in Chicago.
Read moreChicago police officers may soon be required to report every time they point a firearm at someone as part of a consent decree that will dictate new police department policies.
Read moreChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel shocked the city Tuesday when he announced he will not seek re-election for a third term next year.
Read moreIn a surprise announcement, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that he would abandon his effort to seek a third term next year and gave no reason for his sudden change of heart.
Read moreA federal judge in Chicago refused Friday to grant rap artist The Game a new trial after he repeatedly failed to show up to face a female game show contestant’s sexual battery allegations.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday upheld a $44.7 million verdict against the city of Chicago and in favor of a man who was permanently disabled after he was shot in the head by an off-duty police officer following a night of drinking.
Read moreA federal judge partially lifted a stay Thursday in a case brought by Illinois aiming to prevent police discrimination and brutality in Chicago, allowing the state and city to litigate the specific issue of whether officers should be required to record every time they point a gun at someone.
Read moreApple filed a new legal challenge Monday aiming to free Chicagoans from the city’s so-called “Netflix tax,” a 9 percent charge on streaming media purchases.
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