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Durbin to make history as he presides over Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court hearing

The hearing to confirm Jackson as the first Black female justice starts Monday. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said his opening statement will “set the stage for this historic moment.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 21, 2022

2022 USA TODAY/American Volleyball Coaches Association boys volleyball Super 25

The top boys high school volleyball teams as of March 16, 2022.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 16, 2022

2022 USA TODAY/American Volleyball Coaches Association boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as of March 16, 2022.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 16, 2022

What Illinois House, Senate members are doing for Biden’s State of the Union address

Rep, Mary Miller, R-Ill., is boycotting the speech. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, distributed blue and yellow ribbons to members.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2022

Richard Irvin’s tough-on-crime campaign for Illinois governor ignores his years as criminal defense attorney

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As a Republican candidate for governor, Richard Irvin has promoted himself as a no-nonsense, law-and-order candidate who as a onetime prosecutor put “gangsters, drug dealers and wife beaters” in jail.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 20, 2022

The best bourbon barrel-aged beers

Here are our favorite picks of these elusive, limited-release, highly sought-after brews

Salon · Feb 15, 2022

House competition bill packed with progressive policy goals - Roll Call

House Republicans have been scathing in their assessments of what they’ve termed Democrats’ “Christmas tree” of a bill.

Roll Call · Feb 14, 2022

After a suicide attempt, a pile of medical bills. An Illinois writer takes on the health care business in ‘Cost of Living’

EVANSTON, Ill. — A few months after Emily Maloney tried to kill herself, she finally opened her mail. She was 19, living in Iowa City, an undergraduate at University of Iowa. She felt she never really knew how to be a person in the world. In high school, back in…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 9, 2022

Doctor Can't Sue Insurance Company for Libel with Libel Sealed

From today's decision by Judge Jorge Alonso in Orrington v. Humanadental Ins. Co.(N.D. Ill.): Plaintiffs would like to file an amended complaint under seal, because it would be embarrassing to them to detail the allegations that support plaintiffs' claim for defamation. That is not sufficient grounds for filing a document…

Reason · Feb 8, 2022

Ex-cop Drew Peterson’s attorneys interviewing new, former witnesses as he fights murder conviction

AURORA, Ill. — Drew Peterson’s attorneys asked for more time Monday as they interview witnesses and plan further arguments after the former cop petitioned to vacate the jury’s verdict more than nine years after he was found guilty of killing his ex-wife.

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022