State bill would make gunmakers pay if their weapons are recovered in shootings

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.

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WBEZ

Judge weighing arguments to halt Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of Sept. 12 start

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.

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Capitol News Illinois

Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey resigns amid criticism

Illinois’ legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general.

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ABC 7

Making “cents” of jury service: Illinois General Assembly requires pay for certain employees’ civic duty

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.

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The National Law Review

New Illinois law targets tech harassment, expands remote court access for survivors

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.

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WSIU

Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford Announces Formation of Judicial Screening Committee

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Marybeth Stanziola

Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a standing Judicial Screening Committee (Committee). The Committee has been formed for the purpose of assessing the qualifications of those who apply for appointment to vacancies in the Supreme Court’s 19th Judicial Circuit – Lake County.

Under the Illinois Constitution, judicial vacancies on the Circuit and Appellate Courts are filled on an interim basis by Supreme Court appointment. Appointed individuals then must run in the next election to maintain the seat.