Illinois teachers won’t necessarily be evaluated based on the way their students perform on standardized tests. Now that Gov. JB Pritzker has signed Senate Bill 28 into law, school districts have the option to remove the student growth metric from the evaluation process.

Fireworks might be illegal in Illinois, but for those looking to still ignite their Fourth of July celebrations, there are other options. Illinois is one of just three states that ban some or all consumer fireworks. Under state law, such displays are permitted only in areas that have passed ordinances granting approval, adhere to requirements and only use approved types of fireworks.

A South Holland woman was sentenced to two years in prison for taking more than $18,000 in rent payments while she was working for a property management company, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has once again joined a coalition of 19 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, this time over its sharing of immigrant health data with federal immigration enforcement agencies. The suit, announced Tuesday, seeks to stop federal immigration officials from securing more health documentation or using already obtained Medicaid records of millions nationwide to target enrollees for immigration enforcement.

John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like Madigan, lied on the witness stand at trial.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related bills Tuesday that he said would put more controls on the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs sold through insurance plans while expanding insurance coverage for certain kinds of hospital costs. House Bill 1697, known as the Prescription Drug Affordability Act, will impose new restrictions on practices of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, a powerful but little-understood segment of the pharmaceutical industry.

Justice Joy V. Cunningham and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Sara McGann as a Circuit Judge in the 19th Subcircuit of Cook County. Ms. McGann is being appointed to fill the resident judgeship in the 19th Subcircuit of the Circuit Court of Cook County formerly held by the Hon. John A. Fairman.