A small congregation hoping to open a church can’t challenge Homewood’s zoning rules over a property it hasn’t purchased yet, a federal judge ruled last week.

A federal appeals panel affirmed the dismissal of a pro se suit brought by a Naperville parent against his local school district for his “persistent misconduct” toward the district and its lawyers.

A new initiative by the Cook County government and the Chicago Bar Foundation will offer pro bono legal assistance to residents with eviction, foreclosure and tax-debt issues.

State Sen. Iris Martinez will replace Dorothy A. Brown as Cook County Circuit Court Clerk next month, after winning her election Tuesday.

Republican appellate court justice David K. Overstreet will join the Illinois Supreme Court next month after defeating Democrat Judy L. Cates, his colleague on the 5th District bench.

A federal judge gave a woman the go-ahead to intervene in a lawsuit her ex-husband filed accusing his former employer of interfering with his attempts to get a new job.

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism extended its mentorship program to be conducted virtually through next summer in light of the surging COVID-19 pandemic.  

Federal prosecutors got the go-ahead to retain recordings of telephone calls conducted from jail by a man accused of helping the Chinese government recruit intelligence assets in the United States.