Friday, August 1, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Thursday to make Illinois one of the first states to provide universal mental health screenings for young children and teens. Sponsors said this law is the next piece of the puzzle to get kids and their families the support they urgently need.
A Black female associate was “unceremoniously terminated” from McDermott Will & Emery after she complained about a “particularly harmful act of discrimination” in summer 2024, according to a July 30 lawsuit.
In his second post-office visit in Chicago, former President Joe Biden stopped to accept an award from the National Bar Association, blasting President Donald Trump without ever saying his name to the crowd at the Hyatt Regency in the Loop Thursday evening.
Declining numbers of the gray fox in Illinois are causing state leaders to put a halt to hunting and trapping seasons for this particular animal.
An Aurora man was indicted on federal charges for assaulting three law enforcement officers while they attempted to serve an arrest warrant at a suburban sheriff’s office, prosecutors said.