Cook County Circuit Judge Charles "Charlie" Beach at the Richard. J. Daley Center on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, after he was elected chief judge, defeating 8-term incumbent Timothy Evans. Credit: ...

In October, Nayra Guzmán, an immigrant from Mexico, filed a wrongful detention lawsuit — known as a habeas corpus petition — at the federal court in Chicago after being detained at a U.S. Immigration ...

For the third time in the past four elections, voters removed a Cook County judge from the bench — something which hadn’t happened in the previous three decades. Judge Shannon O’Malley, 62, a ...

Investigative reporting doesn’t always make a measurable impact, and reverberations often come long after stories are published. That wasn’t true for Injustice Watch this year. Our work in 2024 led to ...

Fresh flowers on the bench of Cook County Circuit Judge Joanne Rosado at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse change frequently. Credit: Courtroom sketch by Verónica Martinez The second floor of Cook ...

Deidre Baumann, left, and her longtime campaign advisor, Roman Morrow, walk in Chicago's Austin neighborhood as she campaigns for a seat on the Cook County Circuit Court, Feb. 11, 2024. Credit: Abel ...

Illinois is the last state in the nation to adopt reforms aimed at giving homeowners their fair share of tax sale proceeds. Credit: Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times The Illinois General Assembly is ...

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 ...

Zella Croff, 73, lost her house in south suburban Markham to tax foreclosure in 2023. Credit: Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the ...

The Illinois Forensic Science Commission, a public body tasked with monitoring practices at the state’s crime labs, sharply criticized the University of Illinois Chicago in a statement last week for ...

For decades, allegations of child abuse and employee misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. But on Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of ...