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The House Human Services Committee hears testimony Wednesday about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to limit the ability of insurance companies to deny claims or steer patients toward cheaper, and possibly less effective, treatments. – Capitol News Illinois/Peter Hancock

House panel opens hearings on Pritzker’s health insurance reforms

A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry.
By Peter Hancock
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Cook County state’s attorney race too close to call

The open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office was too close to call Wednesday after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area.
By Sophia Tareen
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Magistrate judges honored at Dirksen courthouse exhibit

Federal magistrate judges shoulder burdens that otherwise would weigh down their life-tenured colleagues on the federal trial bench, according to Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the Northern District of Illinois.
By Patricia Manson

Trial Notebook

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Defendants attack assignment as champertous

When one of the plaintiffs in an antitrust case against turkey processors assigned its claim to a third party, the defendants argued the transfer was invalid as “champertous” under Illinois law. But U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall of the Northern District decided “federal common law” should provide the answer.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case May 8, 2019. A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the singer’s sex-crime conviction and 20-year sentence in his Chicago case.
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7th Circuit rejects R. Kelly’s challenge to 20-year sentence
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced the launch of a new “E-Notary” portal that allows Illinois residents who need a notary public to access those services online.
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Illinoisans can now have documents notarized online
Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party in 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor Relations Board, which raised the issue of courts granting temporary injunctions sought by the agency.
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Supreme Court appears to side with Starbucks in dispute with NLRB
Activists demonstrate Monday at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
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22
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Ghost guns, outdoor sleeping bans reach U.S. Supreme Court
State Rep. Anna Moeller (right), D-Elgin, speaks on the House floor during debate on her bill to enact several reforms to the state’s insurance industry. The bill is an initiative of Gov. JB Pritzker, who is seated behind Moeller. The measure passed with bipartisan support.
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Pritzker’s health insurance reforms clear House