Under the ordinance, all boaters on the lake and waterways in Chicago would be required to wear a personal flotation device, or operators could face a fine.
Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who spent years as a close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for his role in a bribery scheme targeted at the former speaker.
A video posted Thursday shows two people in plainclothes, who advocates say appear to be immigration agents, surround a man and hold onto his arm without identifying themselves.
Governor JB Pritzker has signed House Bill 2488 into law, amending the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 by removing references to a federally-mandated program that required employers to provide wage data to the federal government.
Men's clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing them of allegedly wrongly charging people who rent formal wear a $12 fee for "damage and handling,” which allegedly actually amounts to an illegal insurance contract.
The mayor of Antioch is calling on lawmakers to revisit and revise the SAFE-T Act after the release of a suspect in a high-profile case involving the death of a woman whose body was discovered in a storage container.
The recommendation for Doherty “is significantly less than what the government otherwise would have recommended” had it not been for the sentences already handed down to his co-defendants, a prosecutor wrote.
Shortly after taking office in December, newly elected Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke quietly scrapped two lengthy lists of tarnished police officers that were maintained by her predecessor to fulfill the office’s constitutional obligations and prevent wrongful convictions.
Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Deputy Sheriff, is seeking to introduce evidence of the mental state of Sonya Massey, the woman he is accused of killing, as part of his defense in an upcoming trial.
