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In the highest-profile event yet for a pilot program that allows cameras in some Illinois courtrooms, a DuPage county judge allowed cameras inside the courtroom Wednesday for Elzbieta Plackowska’s arraignment.

The Illinois Supreme Court is about to weigh in on whether it's constitutional for Cook County officials to ban assault weapons.The county imposed the ban back in 1993. It has been upheld by trial courts and appeals courts.But opponents think their case gained new strength when the U.S.

Listen to this conversation120312 cameras.mp3In January, the Illinois Supreme Court approved the pilot projec

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that laid off tenured teachers in Chicago do not have a right to be rehired later.The 5-2 ruling Friday came after budget cuts in 2010 forced the city to lay off nearly 1,300 teachers. The Chicago Board of Education later recalled about 715 tenured teachers.

Voters in Cook County this year will elect an Illinois Supreme Court justice.

Candidates for a Cook County vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court will not say exactly what they'd do if asked to rule on gay marriage.

The Illinois Supreme Court is moving forward with a policy to start allowing news cameras and other media recording devices in the state’s trial courts.The state’s seven Supreme Court justices voted unanimously to approve a pilot program that serves as a circuit-by-circuit experiment for how the sta