It has been nearly two decades since Illinois introduced the first biometric information privacy law in the country in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Since then, litigation relating to biometric information privacy laws has mushroomed, and the insurance industry has responded with increasingly broad exclusions for claims stemming from the litigation.

A request for a temporary restraining order seeking to prevent Barrington Hills Trustee Darby Hills from being sworn in as the next state senator for the 26th District was filed Wednesday.

Rachelle Aud Crowe has been replaced as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a temporary restraining order that allows some foreign assistance programs to continue, for now, in a lawsuit filed by the American Bar Association and other plaintiffs.

The bill would create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission that would make recommendations to redraw the border. It would require approval by both state legislatures and Congress. Gov. JB Pritzker says “it’s not gonna happen.”

La Salle County’s first female judge is calling it a career.

An Illinois Senate committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would strictly limit police’s ability to search a vehicle after smelling cannabis.

Drivers must have insurance in Illinois, and non-standard insurance legally covers those who are a high risk or have a bad credit history.