Monday, December 15, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians.
At issue: Were gambling regulators in the right to revoke a video poker license from the west suburban Steak N Egger restaurant, whose operator once testified under immunity at a mob gambling trial? The gaming board only acted after the Chicago Sun-Times began raising questions.
After almost 40 years as McHenry County‘s public defender, Mark Cook, described as “a quiet powerhouse,” is retiring.
The process for meting out discipline in the most serious cases of misconduct by Chicago police officers has been largely at a standstill for more than two years.
A new Illinois law will protect the safety and privacy of public officials. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argue the legislation is necessary following the assassinations of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk.