The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in 2010.
The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in 2010.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a confession obtained through torture can never be considered harmless error, upholding a lower court's decision in a brutal rape case.
The Illinois Supreme Court will announce Tuesday that it will allow media cameras to record proceedings in the state’s circuit courts for the first time, a court spokesman said today.
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed former Chicago Ald. Freddrenna Lyle a Cook County Circuit Court judge to fill a vacancy. She will serve until next year's elections.
About 75 percent of the graves blocking a new runway under construction at O’Hare International Airport will have been removed by the end of the week, and the runway is scheduled for completion by December 2013, O’Hare expansion officials said Thursday.
