Friday, August 22, 2025
LaKenya White, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s interim chief, walked back recommendations to fire six officers in the face of opposition from police Supt. Larry Snelling.
The legislation amends Section 2-209 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure and Sections 13.20 and 13.70 of the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and makes Illinois a general jurisdiction state for toxic tort litigation.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Thursday a measure specifically granting journalists greater protection to fight off costly retaliatory lawsuits designed to chill their work in reporting on and investigating Illinois governmental units.
A former District 205 school board member hailed a recent federal court ruling in her favor as a criticism of the district’s “non-collaborative, non-productive, and at times unethical” approach, after a judge ordered the district to pay nearly a quarter of a million dollars in attorney fees for a civil rights case involving her child.
A new Illinois law will make it easier for first-time, nonviolent offenders facing the lowest-level gun possession charges to obtain a firearms license.
A new Illinois law will help guide the use of artificial intelligence in schools. The legislation requires the Illinois State Board of Education to develop statewide guidance for districts and teachers on the use of AI in elementary and secondary education.