Hastert, also of Illinois, insisted it was his choice to make. Kjellander, a national GOP leader, would later make millions in bond deals with Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Kjellander was mentioned in federal court papers and dealt with a ...

CHICAGO (AP) - In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work.

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday to block the enforcement of Illinois' eavesdropping law, handing a victory to activists who feared recording police during this month's NATO summit could land protesters behind bars for years....

The U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

CHICAGO (WTW) — In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work. It was a victory for activists who had feared that using ...

(CBS/AP) ROCKFORD ... Illinois city of Dixon, is slated to appear in court to face charges that accuse her of stealing tens of millions of dollars from the community. Crundwell is expected to enter a plea at her arraignment Monday. A federal ...

CHICAGO (MCT) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from making audio recordings of police officers in public “likely violates” the First Amendment, and ordered that Cook County prosecutors be prevented from enforcing it.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new federal judge for the state of Illinois. John "Jay" Tharp will fill a judicial vacancy in the Northern District of Illinois. The former captain in the Marines has worked in the U.S. attorney's office ...

BELLEVILLE — An Illinois prosecutor is suing 22 local and national banks ... these same banks brought foreclosure proceedings en masse based on deceptive and fraudulent court submissions, seeking to take homes away from people with little regard for ...

A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled today that Illinois’ eavesdropping law “likely violates” the First Amendment and ordered that authorities be banned from enforcing it.

In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work.

A longtime business litigator who helped secure the conviction of former Illinois Gov. Dan Walker during the attorney's 13 years as a Chicago-based federal prosecutor is President Barack Obama’s latest pick to serve as a judge for the federal trial court in Chicago.

... charge that she looted more than $53 million from the small northwestern Illinois town over the last 22 years. At the arraignment in federal court in Rockford, prosecutors said they have amassed more than 11,000 pages of documents in their ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An illegal immigrant from South Carolina that the government wants to deport will get a federal court hearing in his case ... Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat, has championed Sanchez' case and hundreds of people attended a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal appeals court is backing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn over pay raises his administration canceled for thousands of union workers. A U.S. District Court dismissed an effort by the American Federation of State, County and ...

The couple pleaded guilty in Illinois federal court to bank and mail fraud conspiracy charges and money laundering. They didn't show up for their sentencing and have been fugitives ever since. The Hallahans lived in Peoria, Ill., and targeted family ...

Virginia's share of the Medicaid settlement is $4.2 million. The agreement against the Illinois-based company, filed in federal court in Abingdon, is believed to be the largest consumer-based pharmaceutical settlement ever reached. Under the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal court in Chicago has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Illinois' controversial eavesdropping law. The law makes it a felony to make an audio recording of a conversation unless all parties agree ...

A Louisiana seafood processing plant and an Illinois seafood distributor have each been charged with one count of mislabeling over $100,000 worth of commercially-sold shrimp.The Times-Picayune archiveHale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of LouisianaFederal...

TALLAHASSEE ... is retroactive. The federal justices agreed on April 30 to consider that issue in an Illinois case. One result of the federal ruling, though, will be to require the Florida Supreme Court to recede from a 1987 opinion that precluded ...

In a motion approved by the court in February ... supervising system or background checks as a result of the Illinois School Code and Tort Immunity. Thomas was served with the lawsuit at a federal prison in Hopewell, Va., where he is serving a 30-year ...

Acting on a tip, U.S. marshals in Arizona put ... Illinois federal court to bank and mail fraud conspiracy charges and money laundering. They didn’t show up for their sentencing and began life on the run. While living in Peoria, Ill.,

"Time is running out, and our valuable ministries and fundamental rights hang in the balance, so we have to resort to the courts ... The federal suits were filed Monday in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday to block the enforcement of Illinois' eavesdropping law ... Union seeking to block Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez from prosecuting ACLU staff for ...

CHICAGO — A federal court in Chicago has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Illinois' controversial eavesdropping law. The law makes it a felony to make an audio recording of a conversation unless all parties agree and sets out a ...

The Illinois High School Association girls state track and field meet will be held this weekend ­— and Fenwick’s Mary Kate Callahan won’t be taking part. But a lawsuit to be filed Wednesday by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in federal court aims to make it possible for student-athletes with disabilities, like Callahan who is paralyzed from the waist down, to compete in future IHSA state ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking enforcement of Illinois’ eavesdropping law in cases where someone is recording a police officer.  The decision is a victory for activists who had ...

The Illinois High School Association girls state track and field meet will be held this weekend in Charleston, Ill., ­— and Fenwick’s Mary Kate Callahan won’t be taking part. But a lawsuit to be filed Wednesday by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in federal court aims to make it possible for student-athletes with disabilities, like Callahan who is paralyzed from the waist down, to compete ...

A federal appeals court in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday to block the enforcement of Illinois' eavesdropping law, handing a victory to activists ... seeking to block Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez from prosecuting ACLU ...