An Urbana woman and former Champaign County Board member representing District 11 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of wire fraud after being accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Labor and Illinois Department of Employment Security during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gregory Gilmore was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. He was sworn in on June 1 at the federal courthouse in Springfield. 

The bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature would classify e-devices that travel over 28 mph as motor vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2027 and subject those riders to the state’s drunk driving laws.

Over the past five months, a sea of rideshare drivers in yellow T-shirts flooded the Illinois state Capitol almost weekly, lobbying for the right to form a union. They may be able to do so soon, after Illinois lawmakers passed a bill giving them that ability in the final hours of the spring session.

Perry J. Browder, a Senior Partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy, was installed on Thursday as president of the Illinois State Bar Association at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. Browder is the 150th president of the Association. 

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser and Undersheriff Amy Johnson reminded people Wednesday that federal immigration agents are allowed to arrest people outside of the county sheriff’s office and courthouses.

Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive.