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By: Hannah Meisel
Crisis pregnancy centers contend they shouldn’t be forced to convey ‘benefits’ of procedure.
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By: Maya Dukmasova
A law passed in 2021 empowered prosecutors to revisit excessive sentences, but so far, only two people have been released. Said one: ‘Two years into it, it’s helped two people?’
By: Kelsey Anderson
Before Halloween, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) will be visiting and inspected haunted houses to make sure they're safe before operation.
By: Peter Hancock
House Speaker has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
By: Andy Kravetz
Three men face decades in prison and possibly tens of thousands of dollars in fines or restitution for failing to pay the state of Illinois millions of dollars in sales tax.
By: Matt Masterson
While courts across Illinois underwent a seismic change Monday with the elimination of cash bail, it was mostly smooth sailing during the first wave of criminal proceedings in Cook County’s main courthouse.
By: Associated Press
Jussie Smollett's lawyers told an Illinois appellate court Tuesday it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police, arguing that anger over the case led to properly dismissed charges being improperly restored.
By: Scott Holland
A Cook County judge won’t end a lawsuit from Chicago City Hall accusing a law firm and its contractor of operating a debt resolution scam, as the judge says the city's consumer fraud action doesn't amount to illegal attempts to regulate the practice of law.
By: David Beasley
A new class action lawsuit has accused a private ambulance company of violating a state genetic privacy law by allegedly forcing workers to share their family medical history when applying for a job.
By: Chuck Goudie and Tom Jones, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been waiting for a decision in his lawsuit that could open the door on another run for office. But the wait is a long one. It's been more than a year and a half since he filed a federal civil rights case against the state that challenged a law he said prevents him alone from running for office.
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