The 77 judges asking Cook County voters to keep them on the bench in November include some with unexplained tax debts, arrest histories, official ...

Two of the 77 Cook County judges running for retention in November claim homestead exemptions on Will County houses they have ...

Leading Illinois Republican lawmakers on Friday asked the state Auditor General to probe state oversight failures at a ...

Judge Ieshia Gray, who is running for retention this year, is being accused of bias and unfair treatment by an attorney, ...

Maggie Sivit, a multimedia journalist who specializes in community-centered journalism, is joining Injustice Watch as the organization’s new engagement editor. Sivit spent the last four years as the ...

Name-change law used to target women running for judge Ashonta C. Rice’s name was removed from the Cook County ballot under a 2007 law intended to prevent candidates from using name changes to deceive ...

Soon after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker took office in 2019, his administration elevated Aunt Martha’s Integrated Care Center on Chicago’s South Side as a model for how Illinois would serve abused foster ...

It’s the news no parent wants to hear: Your child has just been arrested. It can feel scary, confusing, or overwhelming. Perhaps you don’t know where your child is or what they were arrested for. You ...

Judges are powerful officials whose decisions can take someone’s home or freedom, overturn or enforce state laws, and correct or perpetuate injustices. We write about judicial conduct and misconduct ...