With COVID-19 cases in decline and stabilizing hospitalization numbers, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said that Illinois businesses could fully reopen by June 11, and he plans for the state to enter a “bridge” phase toward that full reopening on Friday.
Kelsey’s Law, a bill that recently passed the Illinois State Senate, would authorize law enforcement to request cell phone location data from wireless carriers in emergencies such as a kidnapping.
To protect survivors of human trafficking, state Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs) proposed expanding the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) to enable those victims to keep their home address private.
The Chicago Board of Education could go from a seven-member board appointed by the mayor to 21 trustees elected by voters if legislation making its way through the Illinois General Assembly becomes law.
The tollway project in the area around O'Hare International Airport is moving forward once again this year, with the land dispute Illinois tollway directors had with Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific railways resolved last March.
While elementary school students in the Chicago Public Schools will soon return to class, older students across the district continue to have to attend remotely.
With a group of Illinois lawmakers floating the idea of eliminating business tax incentives, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce is pushing back to try to keep the incentives in place.
Residents of Cook County are currently under a stay at home advisory from the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) due to an increase in reported cases of COVID-19.
Cook County currently has approximately $110 million in unclaimed property tax refunds sitting and waiting for the rightful claimants to come and get it.
University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with Solis Mammography in order to expand services in the Chicago area with new mammography sites in UChicago Medicine’s Orland Park and River East outpatient locations.
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that the State of Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Elections, and its director have failed to permit public access to voter roll data in violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Citing what she alleges has been biased treatment by local media, 6th District Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives recently said she will not participate in the process for seeking the editorial board endorsements from either the Daily Herald, the Sun Times or the Northwest Herald.
A lawsuit pursued by former Wesley Township Road Commissioner John Norton in Will County Court has been dismissed, with the court deciding against a request for an emergency protective order sought against John Kraft and Kirk Allen, two individuals who write for the website Illinois Leaks.
Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara Jr. said Chicago Police officers who takes a knee in uniform in response to protesters could be kicked out of the FOP.
Massachusetts-based Richelieu Foods Inc. is looking to expand the size of their Wheeling plant by approximately 24%, and has received informal support from the Wheeling Village Board for the move.