Law
A central Illinois man attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago, federal firearm violations after a Calumet City shootout, a small-time bank robber in Rochelle, and a Loves Park woman who stole $1 million from her employer.
Health
This time it's Oregon suing Illinois-based Center for Covid Control. Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum sued the CCC, and its testing partner, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, for deceptively marketing testing services and for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Business
Clearview AI sought to clarify the company's future after official minutes from a Chicago federal courtroom suggested inaccurate info. Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act allows consumers to sue companies that don’t get permission before harvesting data such as faces and fingerprints.
Law
The bill seeks to lift jurisdictional problems that can prevent prosecution and allow any state's attorney to prosecute all aspects of an organized retail crime.
Business
In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blakey rejected the contention that the city's park district improperly gave control of the land in Jackson Park to the former President's foundation in violation of the public trust.
Law
Appellate Court Justices Thomas Hoffman and Joy Cunningham signed the order granting Smollett's request to be released, which noted he was convicted of non-violent offenses. Justice Maureen Connors dissented.
News
This could be the final chapter in the criminal case that made international headlines.
Law
The lawsuits, filed in federal courts in New York, Illinois, and Georgia, accuse the organization of working the programs' enrollees full time and even longer in its thrift stores, but only paying them a fraction of what federal law requires as a minimum.
Illinois Politics
Madigan, 79, is charged with 22 counts, according to the indictment.
Law
Most of the money is required to be used to address the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose epidemic, which has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths over the last two decades.
Law
The inspector general's office reported in January that there was evidence supporting 29 of the 49 allegations investigated.
Illinois Politics
The Illinois law was celebrated by activists who argue that detaining people awaiting immigration hearings is inhumane and costly. They’ve pushed to have detainees released nationwide.