Dan Petrella

The U.S Supreme Court is photographed on Jan. 5, 2024, in Washington.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to review Illinois high court ruling upholding gun ban

January 8, 2024 at 5:07 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Republican state lawmaker's request for review of a ruling from Illinois' high court that upheld the state's sweeping gun ban, essentially closing...

An air freshener hangs from a car's rearview mirror.

New laws for 2024: Minimum wage hike, indoor vape ban and don’t worry about that thing dangling from your rearview mirror

January 1, 2024 at 7:02 a.m.

More than 300 new state laws took effect on Jan. 1, affecting everything from education and criminal justice to employee benefits and indoor vaping, with most reflecting the priorities of...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces a plan to consolidate more than 600 pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019.

Effect of police and fire pension consolidations on property taxes remains uncertain

December 26, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Four years after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a landmark consolidation of police and firefighter pensions with a promise of delivering property tax relief across Illinois, the measure's effect on taxes...

Abortion rights activists rally outside a building at 8 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago that houses an anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy center" on July 15, 2023.

State agrees to drop enforcement of law aimed at anti-abortion clinics accused of deception

December 13, 2023 at 6:53 p.m.

The state has agreed to drop enforcement of a law backers said was aimed at deterring deceptive practices by anti-abortion pregnancy centers following a legal challenge by anti-abortion groups. Gov....

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Byron on Sept. 7, 2021.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measure lifting Illinois’ moratorium on new nuclear power plants

December 8, 2023 at 6:55 p.m.

A nearly four-decade moratorium on the construction of nuclear plants in Illinois will end next year under a measure signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who vetoed an earlier version...

Judy Mai, of Brighton Park, dances while celebrating the cancellation of a proposed migrant camp in Brighton Park on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration moved to officially scrap Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to build a migrant camp on a controversial Southwest Side lot, the state announced Tuesday morning while issuing a scathing rebuke of the city's evaluation of the land's potential environmental hazards. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

El gobernador J.B. Pritzker no seguirá adelante con el campamento de inmigrantes de Brighton Park, alegando ‘graves’ problemas medioambientales

April 15, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

La administración del gobernador J.B. Pritzker descartó oficialmente el martes el plan del alcalde Brandon Johnson de construir un campamento de inmigrantes en un polémico solar del Southwest Side, en...

La Coalición de Chicago contra GardaWorld protesta frente a la construcción del campamento de inmigrantes de Brighton Park, el lunes 4 de diciembre de 2023.

El estado y el banco de alimentos intervienen para alimentar a los inmigrantes en diciembre ante el retraso del contrato municipal

April 15, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

El estado de Illinois y el Gran Depósito de Alimentos de Chicago se han unido para garantizar que los inmigrantes que viven en el sistema de albergues de la ciudad...

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