The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Three students hospitalised after mysterious 'stink bomb' released in school classroom

Three students were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after a stink bomb was released in a classroom at Fairfield Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Judge halts public release of Madigan recordings, slain officer mourned and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023

Susana Mendoza urges legislators to mandate full pension benefits for cops, firefighters who survive COVID-19

The Illinois comptroller choked up telling a House panel how her brother, a Chicago cop, was left disabled by COVID but denied full disability benefits.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023

Make natural gas utilities more accountable to customers and the state

It’s unfair and costly to consumers to allow gas companies to get away with not providing basic transparency and safety information to consumers and regulators.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2023

Bid to block Illinois’ new assault weapons ban now before federal appeals court

The case of Naperville gunshop owner Robert Bevis appears to be the first to challenge the ban in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal judge found it constitutional.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2023

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #51

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia · Mar 8, 2023

Director of Illinois Department of Corrections resigns

Rob Jeffreys, who has led the department since June 2019, is stepping down.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2023

Illinois' state witness protection program finally gets millions in funding, but has yet to get off the ground

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years of its existence.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 8, 2023

Paid leave law benefits Illinois workers

The importance of having access to guaranteed paid leave cannot be overstated.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2023

Illinois Supreme Court takes up accelerated appeal of ruling that struck down state ban on high-powered guns

CHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to an accelerated hearing schedule for the state’s appeal of a downstate judge’s ruling that struck down a state ban on certain high-powered semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 8, 2023