Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The White House on Wednesday will officially announce Biden’s intention to nominate April Perry to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. For months, the effort to confirm Perry as Chicago’s new U.S. Attorney was stalled by Sen. J.D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio.
Illinois’ largest cannabis business association is pushing to ban the sale of delta-8 THC, an increasingly popular psychoactive substance that’s popped up in corner stores across the country in recent years.
In July of 2023, The Illinois Supreme Court determined the pretrial release provisions of the SAFE-T Act were constitutional. As of September 18, 2023, Illinois became the first state in the country to entirely eliminate cash bail.
The Illinois House could soon pass a plan to help law enforcement and retailers keep electronic cigarettes away from young people.
Measures advancing at the Illinois Statehouse could bring changes to how some people are charged with certain crimes and provide more access to pretrial services.
Ricola hopes to strike an expert who will testify that consumers were deceived by its claim its cough drops are different from others because they contain Alpine Swiss herbs.