Articles filed under Illinois
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Measure to ease path for name changes sent to governor
Jan 29, 2023 5:53 PM - A bill sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker would lift restrictions on Illinois residents who can't change their names because of past crimes.
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Minimum wage plan helps workers and businesses alike
Jan 29, 2023 1:00 AM - This month, hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers got a raise -- and much-needed relief from the inflationary pressures that have been reducing the value of paychecks across our economy. Illinois raised its minimum wage to $13 an hour. The move was part of an incremental process the state initiated in 2020 to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 2025. -
Why suburban food pantries expect further stress
Jan 27, 2023 8:13 PM - Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will return to their pre-pandemic levels in March, creating further stress for suburban food pantries that have seen skyrocketing demand due to inflation. -
Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors found
Jan 27, 2023 8:16 AM - Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
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Illinois attorney general contests 'badly flawed' ruling that blocked end of cash bail
Jan 26, 2023 5:40 PM - The Illinois attorney general's office on Thursday filed its opening argument with the state's highest court as it seeks to overturn a judge's ruling that found parts of the controversial SAFE-T Act unconstitutional.
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1 dead, 8 hospitalized after Chicago high-rise fire starts on 15th floor
Jan 25, 2023 5:58 PM - Chicago authorities said one person has died and eight others were taken to hospitals Wednesday as firefighters responded to a high-rise apartment building fire on the city's South Side, battling flames that leaped up 10 floors as snow fell. -
NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons
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Giannoulias makes modernization push as new secretary of state
Jan 24, 2023 3:31 PM - For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state's second-largest constitutional office, replacing the man who had held it for nearly a quarter century. -
Too naughty to drive: Why Illinois rejected nearly 400 license plate requests in 2022
Jan 23, 2023 6:26 AM - Nearly 400 requests for personalized or vanity license plates were rejected by the Illinois secretary of state's office last year because they were deemed "offensive," joining more than 7,000 other alphanumeric combinations already on the agency's naughty list. -
Judge issues restraining order in downstate challenge to ban on high-powered rifles
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