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  • July 06, 2023 6:57 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Charlie De Mar

    Illinois has some of the strictest laws in the nation when it comes to fireworks. Now there's a push to lift the ban on most fireworks.

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  • July 06, 2023 12:00 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Mike Miletich

    Illinois will soon require water bottle filling stations inside most public buildings. The change will only apply to any new public buildings with an occupancy of over 100 people and properties that are 5,000 square feet or larger.

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  • July 03, 2023 4:20 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: John Ferak

    More than an hour after ex-Crest Hill Police Officer Phil Flores walked out on Will County Circuit Judge John Anderson and ran down the ninth story hallway to escape the Will County Courthouse, a world-renowned DNA expert testified in Friday's wrongful death prove-up hearing involving Flores' late girlfriend, Samantha Harer.

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  • June 30, 2023 12:05 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Mikaela Schlueter

    Gov. Pritzker has signed numerous bills into law after the legislative session ended. Here's some that will be taking effect this weekend.

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  • June 29, 2023 4:51 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: John Dodge

    Based on all of the amateur shows exploding over the holiday every year, one might mistakenly think the answer is "yes."

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  • June 28, 2023 7:06 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Matt Masterson

    A former ethics officer with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has been nominated to become Chicago’s first female top federal prosecutor, President Joe Biden announced during his visit to the city Wednesday.

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  • June 21, 2023 2:23 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Danny Connolly

    A new law signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month is trying to curb bullying at Illinois schools. One part of the law requires schools to report bullying incidents to parents within 24 hours of the school learning about it.

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  • June 18, 2023 5:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By:  Ray Prather,  J.D., CPA, CFF

    On July 23, 2021, Gov. Pritzker signed Public Act 102-0160 amending the Illinois Notary Public Act. The amendments permanently allow notary publics to perform remote notarial acts, bring electronic notary publics to Illinois, and add education and journal requirements for notary publics. On June 5, 2023, the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office (IL SOS) adopted administrative rules (Rules) that make Public Act 102-0160 effective and provide guidance for Illinois notaries moving forward. 

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  • June 13, 2023 12:00 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Erin Heffernan

    ST. LOUIS — Victims of a former Kirkwood family law attorney who falsified dozens of court documents confronted the lawyer on Monday and recounted the “nightmare” he imposed on clients.

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  • June 12, 2023 6:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By: Charlie Wojciechowski

    Under the bill, Illinois would not authorize state grants to libraries that do not endorse the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights or otherwise promise not to take from the shelves books already in their collections.

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