Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will give the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review and approve rate changes for homeowners and automobile policies.
An Illinois appeals court has upheld the Illinois Human Rights Commission’s dismissal of a race discrimination charge brought by a Starbucks employee against the Starbucks Coffee Co., and it has sanctioned her attorney $15,000 for submitting court documents containing artificial intelligence-fabricated legal citations.
Twenty-five states, including Illinois, sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.
Authorities said detectives with the Tinley Park Police Department conducted an investigation and presented evidence to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office's Felony Review Unit, which approved the charge.
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to settlement agreements between direct purchaser plaintiffs and four poultry companies — House of Raeford Farms, Prestage Farms, Foster Farms and Perdue Farms — in a long-running antitrust case alleging price-fixing in the turkey industry.