After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming to reach a deal in time for a brief legislative session in October.

A Cook County judge incorrectly determined that the Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) was unconstitutional as justification for indefinitely detaining a woman, the Illinois Supreme Court held.

A woman who cut her thigh on a jagged metal post while hiking at a southern Illinois national forest cannot sue the federal government for liability due to a lack of evidence proving willful and wanton conduct, a federal judge ruled.