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Stalled bills: ‘Dignity in Pay Act,’ Prisoner Review Board changes fail to move
Daily Herald· 7 hours agoA bill eliminating the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities failed to pass the General...
Longtime federal judge Larry Hicks in Nevada hit and killed by a vehicle near courthouse in Reno
KTNV Las Vegas· 5 days agoLarry Hicks, a federal judge in Nevada for more than 20 years who presided over cases ranging from U.S. environmental disputes to political corruption trials, died after being ...
Cook County, Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Sierra Sun Times· 4 days agoWASHINGTON – An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6,...
An Illinois School District’s Reliance on Police to Ticket Students Is Discriminatory, Civil Rights...
ProPublica· 4 days agoProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Two national civil rights...
Choosing Candidates Illinois
Anacortes American· 2 days agoFILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addresses the crowd on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. A judge on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, rejected...
Federal remodel flop: Sewage leak latest problem in late, over-budget courthouse contraction
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe renovation of the 24th floor of the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, which was supposed to...
Ed Burke is asking for a new trial — with sentencing less than three weeks away
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoBurke returned Wednesday to the courtroom where a jury found him guilty of more than a dozen crimes last winter, and where he may learn the consequences of his conviction in a few short weeks ...
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Reason.com· 12 hours agoPlease enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. In which the Supreme Court, in 1954, abandoned previous constitutional ...
John Rust files to terminate U.S. Senate campaign - Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis Business Journal· 3 days agoU.S. Senate hopeful John Rust, who was kept off the GOP primary ballot in May due to Indiana’s...
Trump conviction reactions range from shock to disinterest
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 7 days agoPeople weren’t talking about former President Donald Trump, who was convicted Thursday evening by a...