Governor adds voice to growing consensus that ‘Tier 2’ pensions may violate federal law.

On March 18, 2024, Judge Thomas M. Durkin, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, entered a preliminary injunction order enjoining the director of the Illinois Department of Labor from taking any actions to enforce the “equivalent benefits” provisions of Section 42 of the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act.

The birth dates and addresses of hundreds of Rockford voters have been published, possibly in violation of Illinois Election Code.

Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward) spent more than $3.8 million in campaign cash in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid being convicted of racketeering, bribery, and attempted extortion, according to records filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections.

The Illinois House unanimously passed a plan Thursday to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to create child pornography that involves real children or obscene imagery. The proposal also prohibits non-consensual dissemination of certain AI generated sexual images. 

 A Joliet woman was arrested Sunday after her 12-year-old daughter ingested suspected heroin and fentanyl and later died of an overdose. 

The state’s attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation.

 A McDonough County jury found a Macomb man guilty of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after a three-day jury trial that ended Wednesday at the McDonough County Courthouse in Macomb.  

An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against Target that accuses the retail giant of collecting biometric data without consent.

A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facility is the latest effort to disrupt violent crime in Chicago, where police have been taking 12,000 guns off the street every year.