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ComEd was pressured to hire politically connected law firm as it fought for key bills in Springfield, former top official testifies

ComEd’s former general counsel said he was told to sign the law firm of political operative Victor Reyes to an unusual three-year contract guaranteeing Reyes’ firm 850 hours of legal work a year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Port Denison residents consider legal action over ongoing power network failures

Residents of a regional West Australian community are threatening legal action against Western Power after more than a decade of persistent network problems.

ABC News

Go & Show: Lake Michigan fisheries meeting and Illinois taxidermist convention

For this Go & Show, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is holding an informational meeting on the Lake Michigan fisheries tonight in Des Plaines and the Illinois Taxidermist Association convention has public portions Friday through Sunday in Springfield.

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Mandatory paid time off: 'a strain' for Illinois business

Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight’s Action Park since 1930, and the park has seen its share of economic ups and downs

The Independent UK

It’s not Madigan’s trial, but the feds’ big upcoming case is all about the former speaker

Jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse are expected to get a close-up look at how Springfield operated in the last decade when four political power players head to trial.

Chicago Sun-Times

Another Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio

The 212-car train that derailed outside of Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday was not carrying any toxic materials, several state and local agencies confirmed. The EPA will stay on site for cleanup.

WEKU

Second Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio in a month

A Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed in Springfield, Ohio, about a month after an earlier crash in the state that shone a spotlight on rail safety.

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20 cars of Norfolk Southern cargo train derail in Ohio

About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said

The Independent UK

Suspect in shooting of Chicago police officer is charged with first-degree murder as city mourns

CHICAGO — On Thursday morning, about 100 people walked the two blocks from St. Gall Catholic Church in Gage Park, paying their respects at the block where Chicago police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed Wednesday. Later in the day, lawmakers in Springfield paused for a moment of silence.

Chicago Tribune

Springfield secures planning consent for Midlothian development

The Lingerwood site could include up to 1,000 new homes

Insider UK

Trial of 4 caught up in Madigan’s ComEd bribery scandal delayed by one week

The four were indicted in November 2020 and accused in a nearly decadelong scheme to sway Madigan. They allegedly landed his associates jobs, contracts and money while legislation crucial to ComEd’s bottom line moved through Springfield.

Chicago Sun-Times

New Illinois law gives additional hope to youngest felons facing life in prison

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nelson Morris was only 17 when he was arrested for a double murder that eventually doomed him to spend the rest of his life in prison, with no chance of parole.

Chicago Tribune

Want to play in the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club? Here are all the USGA qualifying sites for 2023

Feeling lucky? Here's your shot at the U.S. Open.

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Bet on it: Downstate couple misses out on a million bucks

The Packers’ flop in the season finale against the Lions cost a Springfield couple $600,000 in a seasonlong contest.

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Daily Record

Workmen 'exposed to asbestos' on sites by SNP-linked housebuilder demand probe re-opened

Springfield Properties was fined £10,000 for breaking safety laws at one site but campaigners want their other building sites to be looked at.

Chicago Sun-Times

Visiting with the new IDNR director in Springfield

A sit-down interview with Natalie Phelps Finnie, the new director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, in Springfield.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois appellate court allows temporary hold on state gun ban to stay in place for plaintiffs in lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois appellate court on Tuesday upheld a downstate judge’s decision to temporarily block Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban.

Chicago Sun-Times

Springfield man who waved Trump flag on U.S. Senate floor on Jan. 6 found guilty of federal charges

Thomas B. Adams, Jr. was found guilty of entering a restricted building and obstructing an official proceeding.

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Furious workers 'exposed to deadly asbestos' plan to sue SNP-donor building firm

Springfield Properties – run by multi-millionaire Sandy Adam – was forced to pay a £10,000 fine after breaking safety laws at a building site in Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire.

Daily Mirror

Springfield crash: Three dead after man drives wrong way down motorway before huge smash

Footage from the crash site in Springfield, Illinois in the US shows a number of emergency responders scouring the crash site after a man ploughed into a car going the wrong way down the motorway

The Independent UK

Illinois paramedics, ambulance company sued for man's death

Attorneys say the family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer

Chicago Sun-Times

Springfield paramedics charged with murder in man’s death

Peter Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Finley, 40, strapped Earl Moore Jr., who was experiencing hallucinations, face down onto a gurney in December, authorities say. He later died.

Chicago Sun-Times

Welcome warning? Illinois Senate president’s message to newly sworn senators: Fly right or get lost

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon quoted both his late mother, who worried “that Springfield will change your notion of what the right thing is,” and former Chicago Police Supt. James Rochford, who once warned officers “If you lack integrity, get out — get out now.”

Chicago Tribune

Illinois House approves measure banning military style firearms, which Gov. JB Pritzker says he will sign

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House gave final approval Tuesday to a comprehensive measure to ban military style firearms that was drafted by Democrats, which now awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature even as gun rights advocates contend it is unconstitutional and vow a legal challenge.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs comprehensive gun bill banning sale of military-style firearms

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday night a comprehensive measure that supporters called one of the nation’s toughest bans on military style firearms, immediately prohibiting their sale and giving current owners until Jan. 1 to register gun serial numbers with Illinois State Police.

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