State

• Lisa Madigan won't run for U.S. Senate, governor, Chicago Sun-Times
• Update from Madigan press conference, Chicago Tribune
• Dillard announces candidacy for governor, Chicago Sun-Times
• U. of I. law dean testifying before Mikva Commission, Champaign News-Gazette

Central Illinois

• Settlement nears in dispute over Ensenberger ownership, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Blago's former chief of staff  pleads guilty, Chicago Tribune
• DLA Piper lays off 21 associates, 100 staff members, National Law Journal
• Journalist Geyer sues over cancer, Daily Herald

Northern Illinois

• Mercer County courthouse investigation wraps up, Quad-City Times

Nation

• Southeast Missouri town calling in Erin Brockovich, The Southern