On the House floor Tuesday, state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, said the state’s gun ban was deemed unconstitutional by ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A federal judge got a promotion from a magistrate to full district court judge on Wednesday. U.S. Sens.

Republicans confirmed judges during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s first term. But the president-elect says Democrats ...

Former assistant U.S. attorney April M. Perry will join the federal trial bench in Chicago following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation Tuesday of her nomination as a federal judge.

13—It took U.S. Judge Stephen McGlynn 178 pages to explain why, but the bottom line is that the downstate federal judge has declared Gov ... elected officials seek to exploit that emotion. The ...

The former prosecutor whose nomination to become Chicago’s first female U.S. attorney was blocked by Vice President-elect JD ...

A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could ...

Perry was nominated by the Democratic president to serve as a U.S. district court judge in Illinois. The U.S. Constitution ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and an ally are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Madigan is accused of ...

Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to confirm as many of President Biden's judicial nominees as possible before ...

With Republicans set to take control of the chamber on Jan. 3, the Senate on Tuesday held a confirmation vote on one of Biden's judicial nominees - former prosecutor April Perry - for the first time ...

An insurance magnate who was once a big political donor in North Carolina is in federal custody after pleading guilty in connection to what prosecutors call a $2 billion ...