Thursday, May 9, 2024
“I think we’ve come a very long way in the right direction,” Cook County Supervising Judge Charles Beach said in an interview. “Things are working well.”
Disgraced former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara is set to collect a pension of at least $91,000 every year for the rest of his life, even as taxpayers have already paid $62.5 million to resolve a half-dozen lawsuits alleging he framed people for crimes they did not commit — with nearly three dozen cases still pending against the city.
Two bills have been introduced in Springfield to bring oversight to the unregulated pot-adjacent industry, some of whom appear to market to kids. One would effectively ban sales of delta-8 and other hemp-derived products.
The Illinois Fourth Judicial Circuit has announced the unanimous election of Circuit Judge at Large Martin Siemer as the new Chief Judge for the circuit. Judge Siemer’s three-year term will begin on July first. He will replace Chief Judge Douglas Jarman who opted against seeking another term as chief judge.
As state lawmakers hold hearings targeting the role of pharmacy benefit managers – an influential arm in how the health insurance industry prices prescription drugs – multiple state agencies are considering how to better regulate the industry.