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State's high court opens interactive learning center
Sep 22, 2023 2:32 PM - Visitors to the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield can learn about landmark cases at the court's new learning center, which officially opened this week. -
'It went well': As cashless bail starts in suburban courts, who was detained, who wasn't
Sep 18, 2023 10:48 PM - For judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and other courtroom personnel, it was business as usual Monday as cashless bail went into effect in courtrooms around the state. "Everyone was prepared and it went well," Kane County Chief Judge Clint Hull said. -
Illinois Supreme Court OKs elimination of cash bail; 5-2 decision sets Sept. 18 start date
Jul 18, 2023 6:25 PM - A landmark criminal justice reform that eliminates cash bail in Illinois is constitutional, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, paving the way for the change to take effect Sept. 18. -
Elation, dismay from suburban leaders over state Supreme Court's landmark bail ruling
Jul 18, 2023 5:10 PM - The landmark Illinois Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of cashless bail sparks elation and dismay among the suburbs' top law enforcement officials -
Naperville attorney appointed judge in DuPage CountyJan 29, 2023 4:05 PM - Jennifer L. Barron of Naperville has been appointed as a circuit judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit in DuPage County, filling the vacancy created when Judge Linda E. Davenport was appointed to the 3rd District Appellate Court.
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Lake County judge set to retire
Jan 13, 2023 8:24 PM - Associate judge David P. Brodsky, who has spent his entire career serving the people of Lake County, is set to retire on Jan. 16. "Serving as a judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit has been an incredible honor," Brodsky said in a statement. -
New chief justice says partisanship has no role on state Supreme Court
Nov 14, 2022 4:49 PM - Mary Jane Theis was sworn in as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday in a public ceremony. By next month, the Democrat will find herself presiding over a historic first for the court, as women take a 5-2 majority for the first time in Illinois' history. -
Dems feared they might lose state Supreme Court majority but ended up extending their control
Nov 9, 2022 4:19 PM - Democrats went into Tuesday's election fearing they might lose their slim majority on the Illinois Supreme Court, but they ended up extending their control after a hard-fought -- and expensive -- campaign.
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Democrats hold on to majority on Illinois Supreme Court
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Abortion rights at the forefront of Supreme Court race
Oct 16, 2022 5:12 PM - Two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court are up for vote on Nov. 8 and the outcomes of those races could flip the state's high court from a Democratic majority to a Republican one for the first time in more than 50 years.
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