The Chicago Police Department committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017, but the city is fighting their release in court.

In the decades since, Black homeowners in Cook County have weathered predatory contract buying, redlining, discriminatory lending practices, the foreclosure crisis, and a property assessment system ...

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 ...

Chicago Police Lt. John D. Poulos is running for Cook County judge. Standing in his way is a tarnished track record that experts say calls his credibility into question.

Cook County officials plan to drastically reduce the size of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, the nation’s largest juvenile jail, long criticized for its inhumane treatment and ineffective ...

Chicago police are required by law to report every traffic stop. But a new investigation found one-third of traffic stops went unreported.

In the 14th Subcircuit, two judicial candidates with similar upbringings present distinct visions for what community representation on the bench looks like.

The investigation found how weakly the landlord-tenant law is enforced by judges, and how common it is for tenants who withhold rent due to lack of repairs to get their leases terminated, receive rent ...

An Injustice Watch reporter describes her observations of Cook County criminal court judges during research for our judicial election guide.

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 ...

Despite some judges with tax debts, arrests, and residency questions, the Cook County judicial retention races have drawn little attention.

Illinois Supreme Court race raises questions about ethnic representation on the highest court and whose experience counts as Latinx.