Ken Armstrong

Gov. Jim Edgar gave a strong indication Thursday that he will sign a controversial, Republican-sponsored bill that threatens to break the lock that Democrats have had on the Illinois Supreme...

In an extraordinary rift on the state's highest court, one justice has accused the court's leader of sidestepping a long-standing court custom in a possible attempt to protect himself from...

The police corruption scandal in Chicago's Austin Police District, which already has tarnished the city's image, also seems certain to hit hard in the municipal pocketbook. In other cities marred...

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police can't search a house without knocking first just because they believe guns are inside the home. The ruling invalidated one provision of...

The man who led the first murder prosecution against Rolando Cruz surrendered himself at the DuPage County Jail Wednesday morning to face charges that he was part of a plot...

In 1985, the state of Illinois repossessed the law license of Edwin Bruce Jones III. While employed as public guardian of Bureau County in north-central Illinois, Jones purloined more than...

Illinois' clawing, scratching U.S. Senate campaign ended with a whimper Tuesday as Democrat Dick Durbin cruised to an easy win, despite rampant voter apathy that was supposed to give an...

State Rep. Michael McAuliffe sets new standards for lawyer-bashing by connecting his Democratic challenger, Tom Needham, to the defense of a man whom McAuliffe labels a "sex offender." But the...

Fair-haired, crisply suited and unflappably polite--even with his five apple-cheeked tykes in tow-- Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Al Salvi seems a walking, talking poster child for the wholesome, conservative family-based...

Al Salvi, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, was accused Thursday of all manner of wrongdoing, from hiding the source of campaign funds to possible violations of the state's ethics...