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Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative …
‘Chilling silence’: Waves of Illinois’ international university ...
Apr 10, 2025 · A Northern Illinois University spokesperson confirmed Thursday that five international students there had lost their visas. SIU Carbondale reported 875 international …
Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 9, 2024 · In April 2023, Judge Stephen McGlynn, of the Southern District, granted a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the law while a trial of the case proceeded in his …
Legislature approves bill to prioritize family members in foster care
Jan 6, 2025 · “I don’t think we would’ve seen this two years ago because there’s a new way of looking at child welfare,” he said. Nearly 10,000 children in DCFS care live with family members, …
Judge dismisses biometric data privacy lawsuit citing revised …
Nov 18, 2024 · “Because in this context employees are often required to scan each workday, sometimes multiple times per day, an important question arose: do BIPA claims accrue each …
Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly
Jan 9, 2025 · Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, chairman of the Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, waits outside the Illinois House chamber while lawmakers consider a bill to give the …
Grayson to remain jailed as state Supreme Court considers …
Dec 16, 2024 · The SAFE-T Act’s pretrial detention provisions allow judges to detain individuals who have been charged with certain crimes while they await trial, provided the individual is a …
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Michael Madigan: The Rise and Fall | Capitol News Illinois
Feb 12, 2025 · This timeline was last updated on Feb. 12, 2025. It will be updated as the federal case against Michael Madigan continues. Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news …