Judges

A longtime associate judge in McLean and Logan counties is retiring. Bill Workman was appointed to the bench in 2014. He'll step down at the end of July.

Bloomington attorney John Kim chairs the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, which conducted the state's first comprehensive study on bullying in the legal profession.

A ruling Thursday by the federal appeals court in Chicago allows the law to remain in place while the legal controversy it’s generated continues to work its way through the courts.

Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to abolish cash bail. The historic change took effect on Monday, prompting confusion and long days.

McLean County Public Defender Carla Barnes has been appointed as the first Black woman to serve as a circuit judge in Illinois’ 11th Judicial…

A former Bloomington man exonerated of murder charges is entitled to a jury trial on his claims that three retired Normal police officers played a…

A former county and federal prosecutor from the Quad Cities is now the first woman to become the chief federal judge for central Illinois.Sara L. Darrow…