State

• State police plan massive layoffs, HQ closures, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Lawsuit: IL education funding unfair to taxpayers, Peoria Journal Star

Central Illinois

• Shelter dogs visit courthouse to lift employees' spirits, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Man gets jail time for hurling raw egg at judge, Chicago Tribune
• Woman arrested in Naperville calls 911 to complain she's trapped in jail, Daily Herald
• Firm sues Landmarks Illinois over North Side renovation, Chicago Business
• Mercury Theatre owner named in $3 million foreclosure suit, Chicago Sun-Times
• Father ordered not to bring daughter to church on Easter, Chicago Tribune

Southern Illinois

• Man on trial in deadly So. Illinois wreck had 6 different drugs in system, Belleville News-Democrat

Nation

• From snow cones to law practice: Solo makes the best of bad marketing ideas, ABA Journal