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Lines to enter the Daley Center snake across Daley Plaza on July 7 as members of the public face additional screening to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The circuit court is using Zoom videoconferencing in many matters to limit the crowds inside court facilities.

Cook County traffic court cases are on Zoom

Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

Northern District extends remote hearings through September

Mary K. O’Brien

New trial ordered over DNA testing

In Brief: July 14

Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not be able to make any more political contributions without a judge’s permission, lawyers for its creditors said in a court filing Friday.

Purdue Pharma political gifts scrutinized

US carries out its first federal execution in 17 years

Hemp seedlings grow in trays. A federal appeals court ruled that Indiana’s ban on smokeable hemp, a THC-free cousin of marijuana, can stand even though it’s no longer a federally controlled substance.

Hoosier hemp ban not hampered by 2018 federal farm law

Cynthia Y. Cobbs

California’s anti-SLAPP law won’t trigger Illinois appeal

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Lines to enter the Daley Center snake across Daley Plaza on July 7 as members of the public face additional screening to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The circuit court is using Zoom videoconferencing in many matters to limit the crowds inside court facilities.

Cook County traffic court cases are on Zoom

Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not be able to make any more political contributions without a judge’s permission, lawyers for its creditors said in a court filing Friday.

Purdue Pharma political gifts scrutinized

Hemp seedlings grow in trays. A federal appeals court ruled that Indiana’s ban on smokeable hemp, a THC-free cousin of marijuana, can stand even though it’s no longer a federally controlled substance.

Hoosier hemp ban not hampered by 2018 federal farm law

The U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., where the Justice Department planned to resume federal executions today for the first time in 17 years. Hours after a federal appeals panel cleared the way, a district judge said there are still legal issues to resolve and that “the public is not served by short-circuiting legitimate judicial process.”

Judge blocks federal executions; DOJ appeals

A statue of Stephen Douglas on the Illinois statehouse grounds. House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday called for a removal of Douglas’ image from the Capitol. Capitol News Illinois photo/Jerry Nowicki

Madigan: Remove images of Stephen Douglas from statehouse