Forensic Failures Between 2016 and 2024, a forensic toxicology lab at the University of Illinois Chicago tested people’s bodily fluids for DUI-cannabis investigations using scientifically discredited ...

An ICE contractor used an O'Hare Airport hotel as a de facto detention center to hold a mother and her infant son for five days in early June.

Attorney Ava George Stewart, slated for one of the four county-wide judicial vacancies on the 2026 ballot, stands with other candidates as they prepare to give speeches at the slating event. Credit: ...

The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail last year after he was beaten by guards is suing Sheriff Tom Dart alleging civil rights violations and ...

As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its business in the insular world of Cook County politics, Texas-based Tyler Technologies turned to one of Illinois’ most well-connected lobbyists to ...

In their end-of-session dash to pass a state budget, Illinois lawmakers put off consideration of proposed reforms to property tax sales and foreclosures.

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

Facing a deportation hearing in Chicago? Learn how to access legal assistance, what happens if you miss a court date, and how to prepare.

Cook County Circuit Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was reassigned from her post in the pretrial division and referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board over a text message she allegedly sent containing a ...

In 2024, Injustice Watch published two judicial election guides and investigated jail deaths, juvenile arrests, housing court, and more.

Dart, who oversees the jail, sent top deputies to the county board hearing, where family members of those who died offered emotional testimony.

As the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board investigates powerful Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. for claiming improper property tax exemptions in another county, an Injustice Watch examination ...