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Stalled bills: ‘Dignity in Pay Act,’ others fail to move
The Danville Commercial-News· 3 hours agoThe measure would have given providers more than 5 years to stop using 14© certificates in Illinois. Although the bill ultimately advanced out of the House 78-30 with bipartisan ...
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· 3 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...
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Reason.com· 5 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 ...
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 ...
Why Gavin Newsom’s Gun Control Constitutional Amendment Hasn’t Gone Beyond California
Lost Coast Outpost· 14 hours agoSince Gov. Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment one year ago, there has been far more progress on online petitions than in other state legislatures. His team says the effort will pick up speed in 2025. Story from @CalMatters.
Attorneys for former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke seek to get some of his convictions overturned
CBS News· 2 days agoLawyers for the 80-year-old former 14th Ward alderman, City Council Finance Committee chairman, and...