When Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence in the weeks leading up July 4, 1776, he wanted to not only ...

Preckwinkle, who is 78, is running for her fifth term and so far has no challengers, though Ald. Brendan Reilly also ...

U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood set a trial date of Jan. 12, which will be nine months after his first trial ended in a ...

State Sen. Emil Jones III will face retrial on bribery charges in January 2026, a year when he’ll also be up for reelection to a seat bequeathed in ...

RIPPLE EFFECT: Thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago on Tuesday, stopping traffic in the Loop and along DuSable Lake Shore Drive to protest the Trump administration’s immigration ...

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that they will retry state Sen. Emil Jones III on bribery charges after a jury in April deadlocked on all counts, leading to a mistrial. Assistant ...

State Sen. Emil Jones III waits in the lobby after attending his bribery trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, April 16, 2025, in Chicago. John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune JASON MEISNER Chicago Tribune ...

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that they will retry Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III on bribery charges after a jury in April deadlocked on all counts, leading to a mistrial ...

The corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III ended with a mistrial Thursday, with the jury unable to find agreement on any of the three counts in the case, including bribery.

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III said he’s looking forward “to another fight” after his federal bribery trial ended with a hung jury Thursday, sparing him from a conviction but not yet putting ...

Mistrial declared in bribery trial of Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood had said she planned to urge the jury of five men and seven women to continue their deliberations ...

Illinois State Senator Emil Jones III is currently on trial for allegedly accepting a $5,000 campaign contribution and a job for his intern in exchange for helping Om Maani, a former executive for ...