Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Longtime Cook County Circuit Court Judge Sanjay T. Tailor made history in January, becoming the first Asian American justice on the Illinois Supreme Court.
Hoover’s supporters told the Illinois Prisoner Review Board that the former kingpin is a changed man. But a Cook County prosecutor said he should stay in state prison. Gov. Pritzker will now get a recommendation from the board about what to do with Hoover, who previously had his federal prison sentence commuted by President Trump.
In downtown Chicago, people have been spotting Google’s Waymo automated vehicles testing and mapping the Windy City’s streets. For now, the autonomous vehicles must be driven by a human, as the industry seeks the endorsement of state lawmakers.
A group of community activists announced Tuesday they plan to sue the Chicago Housing Authority over last month’s CEO vote, the latest turmoil facing the agency after it went 16 months without a permanent leader.
Jeff Flamm, farmowner at Flamm Orchards in Cobden, struggled to find enough workers to harvest his crops — and the problem kept getting worse each year.