In 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Community Reinvestment Act, a federal law that sought to wipe away the last vestiges of racial discrimination and redlining in America’s home mortgage industry.

The document in which Abraham Lincoln set the Union’s military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War in motion is now among Illinois’ prized papers of the 16th president, thanks to a donation by the state’s governor and first lady.

A restitution order instructing a Champaign man to pay $1.68 million for damages resulting from a riot he incited will be returned to the district court for reevaluation of its scope, but his indictment and sentence will stand.

Early-career women attorneys in Illinois outnumbered male attorneys with similar experience levels for the first time in 2023, according to data from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

A group of pretrial detainees who claim Cook County Jail violated their rights by providing inadequate dental care have another chance at getting class action certification.

The results of a survey on civics conducted for the American Bar Association in advance of Law Day are “profoundly concerning,” according to retired Judge J. Michael Luttig of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lockport city attorney and Illinois State Bar Association president-elect Sonni Choi Williams won’t go to trial on a driving under the influence charge after pleading guilty to a lesser offense Monday.