Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect late this week.
Gun violence costs Illinois about $20 billion each year. That figure includes direct costs like medical care and funeral expenses and indirect costs such as loss of income and childcare.
Illinois’ legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation updating the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, modernizing state law to address technology-based abuse and expand court accessibility for survivors.
The Illinois General Assembly has been laser-focused on expanding workplace protections and benefits for employees in recent years — from amending the Illinois Human Rights Act to bar discrimination against employees acting as family caregivers to strengthening employees’ rights to raise concerns about workplace conditions, wages, or safety concerns under amendments to the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act. Next up: (some) paid jury duty.