Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket rake in millions from wagers on sports and current events but pay nothing in state betting taxes and ignore regulations that govern online sportsbooks.

Cahokia Heights residents have found E. coli in their drinking water through community-organized testing of samples from kitchen taps. The results raise new questions about infrastructure in a community plagued by sewage spills and flooding.

Illinois lawmakers held a news conference Thursday to draw attention to newly filed legislation they claim will close a “loophole” in state law, in which those convicted of secretly videotaping children can now evade being required to register as a sex offender.

Former gun store owner Jeff Regnier and wife Greta Keranen say prosecutors abused their power when they used Illinois’s civil asset forfeiture laws to try to take ownership of their property even though they weren’t convicted of crimes. A judge called the tactics “authoritarian,” but prosecutors say they were following the law.

Under the Proposed Rule, before a current or former DOJ attorney could participate in any disciplinary investigation by a state disciplinary authority, the DOJ would have the right to review the misconduct allegations in the first instance and request the state disciplinary authority to suspend its investigation until the completion of the DOJ's review.