Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 9, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law …
Amid flurry of gun ban challenges, federal appeals court considers …
Nov 12, 2024 · The same court also reversed an injunction on a statewide ban on assault weapons last year, leaving the law in place. That case, which relied on similar arguments to …
Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a …
Oct 29, 2024 · Read more: 4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial O’Neill, who spent nearly two decades at ComEd and its …
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Illinois’ minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1, completing 6 …
Dec 26, 2024 · The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019. Beginning New Year’s …
Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative …
Smell of raw cannabis allows police to search a vehicle, Illinois ...
Dec 9, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after …
Jurors see list of Madigan’s job recommendations given to newly …
Dec 5, 2024 · CHICAGO – In the weeks following now-Gov. JB Pritzker’s November 2018 victory over one-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael …
Semi driver involved in fatal crash of deputy had previous …
Dec 3, 2024 · Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed a DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and having 44 …
State lawmakers consider Tier 2 pension changes as new session ...
Dec 20, 2024 · A report earlier this year by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shed some light on what those proposals could cost. The April analysis of a …