SPRINGFIELD — Chicago and several suburbs led the push against tobacco over the last four years, passing laws raising the minimum age to purchase products including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes and chewing tobacco.
May 1, 2018
| Relevance: 56%
SPRINGFIELD — With the midterm elections just over six months away and the 2020 U.S. Census looming, a group of state lawmakers and activists are racing to present voters with a new way to draw Illinois’ political maps.
April 24, 2018
| Relevance: 56%
While careful to note Illinois’ perennial fiscal challenges, the chief justice of the state’s top court asked legislators today for a nearly 20 percent bump in funding.
April 19, 2018
| Relevance: 74%
SPRINGFIELD — In the wake of a deadly Legionnaire’s disease outbreak at a veterans’ home, a Senate panel voted to raise the maximum award for Court of Claims cases twentyfold.
April 18, 2018
| Relevance: 74%
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation requiring Illinois county courthouses to have a private room for nursing mothers is one step closer to becoming law.
April 13, 2018
| Relevance: 90%
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would force internet service providers operating in Illinois to adhere to net neutrality rules barely passed committee Wednesday.
April 12, 2018
| Relevance: 74%
SPRINGFIELD — Trade groups are attacking legislation that would give people directly and aversely affected by administrative decisions standing to fight the state in court.
April 4, 2018
| Relevance: 67%
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ high court ruled potential jurors can be asked questions pertaining to their biases about participation in gang activities but not about sexual history.
March 28, 2018
| Relevance: 74%
SPRINGFIELD — The car insurance policy said it wouldn’t pay out if a specific driver was behind the wheel, and it didn’t — even when the crash happened in a separate car.
March 23, 2018
| Relevance: 74%
SPRINGFIELD — With the field for attorney general whittled from 10 to two, the Democratic nominee is calling for a substantive debate on legal issues.
March 21, 2018
| Relevance: 74%