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U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Illinois’ assault weapons ban, for now
SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will not immediately review Illinois’ assault weapons ban, leaving the law in place at least...
Senate passes bill protecting ‘child influencers’
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that gives financial protection to children whose parents make money posting videos of them...
House passes bill prohibiting book bans
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit libraries from banning books or other material because of partisan or doctrinal...
Parental notice of abortion law officially endsÂ
SPRINGFIELD – Doctors in Illinois may now perform abortions on minors without notifying the child’s parents or obtaining a judicial bypass of the notification...
Nursing home payment reform drives $700 million to improve staffing, quality of careÂ
SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would inject more than $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes to increase staffing levels and improve quality of...
Illinois records pandemic high of more than 200,000 COVID cases in one week
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that the state had recorded 201,428 new cases of COVID-19 over the previous week,...