Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative …
Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a …
Oct 29, 2024 · Read more: 4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial O’Neill, who spent nearly two decades at ComEd and its …
Pritzker’s budget office projects $3.2B deficit in early look at ...
Nov 4, 2024 · The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report published each November is often seen as a table-setter for the budgeting negotiations that will ramp up in earnest when …
State lawmakers consider Tier 2 pension changes as new session ...
Dec 20, 2024 · A report earlier this year by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shed some light on what those proposals could cost. The April analysis of a …
Supreme Court dismisses Jussie Smollett convictions, allows …
Nov 21, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Criminal convictions of actor Jussie Smollett will be dismissed, and a defamation lawsuit against the Chicago Sun-Times will be allowed to continue, the …
Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 9, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law …
Illinois American Water will increase water rates
Dec 5, 2024 · CHICAGO — The state’s largest private water utility, Illinois American Water, will increase customer bills in the new year. The move comes after state regulators at the Illinois …
Election Guide
Key dates Aug. 7: First day to submit vote-by-mail application Sept. 26: Early voting begins and election authorities begin mailing ballots Oct. 8: Last day to register via the normal process …
New federal lawsuit from conservative legal group challenges …
Nov 21, 2024 · A conservative Catholic legal group is suing Illinois over a landmark state law enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion care and requiring insurance companies to cover …
What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban
Dec 5, 2023 · Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with the state under Illinois’ assault weapons law. But between lawsuits and ongoing policymaking, the exact …