Ready or not, Campaign 2024 officially kicked off Monday in Illinois.

The sound of a car horn is enough to make any driver or pedestrian whip their head around, but a California motorist is sounding the alarm on a thorny Constitutional question.

A process is underway to replace McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge, who died Nov. 13. The Illinois Supreme Court has posted a notice of the judicial vacancy and its administrative arm the Office of the Illinois Courts, will receive applications through Dec. 27, according to a news release from Chief Judge Michael Chmiel of McHenry County’s 22nd Judicial Circuit.

To move from eighth grade into high school in the state of Illinois, all public school students must pass a test on the U.S. and Illinois constitutions. But, educators wondered, what’s the best way to ensure students actually learn something? 

Monday was supposed to have been the first day in the weeklong federal corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann, who allegedly misused more than $200,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses.