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Pritzker signs bill aimed at addressing organized retail crime

By GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois gkinnicutt@capitolnewsillinois.com
May 13, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday that is aimed at cracking down on high-profile "smash-and-grabs" and other organized retail theft. "This impo...
Illinois man gets 21 years for shooting teens in stolen car

The Associated Press
May 12, 2022 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man convicted of murder in the 2021 shooting death of a teen he spotted in his car a few days after he reported it stolen has b...
Supreme Court names Holder White first Black woman justice

The Associated Press
May 11, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed its first Black woman justice to replace the retiring Justice Rita Garman. The court has appointed Jus...
2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South Side

By DON BABWIN
May 11, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One person was killed and 10 were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side in the space of six hours, a spasm of gun violence on the hottest day o...
Illinois Democrats' public safety approach centers on funding infusion

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com
May 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the run-up to the early morning April 9 adjournment of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a spate of public safety measures backe...
Pritzker urges Congress to 'be like Illinois,' protect abortion rights

By GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois gkinnicutt@capitolnewsillinois.com
May 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker called on Congress Wednesday to "be like Illinois" and codify abortion access into federal law. Pritzker made those comments at a Fairvi...
State Supreme Court weighs ex-lawmakers' case for back pay

May 11, 2022 1:00 am - By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two former state senators who sponsored and voted for bills to reduce lawmakers' pa...
NIL expert predicts $50,000 minimum pay for Power 5 players

By ERIC OLSON
May 10, 2022 7:00 am - Football and men's basketball players on scholarship in one of the major conferences can expect to soon earn a minimum of $50,000 each year he plays because of the influ...
Republican appellate justice to become first Black woman on Illinois Supreme Court

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
May 10, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court announced Tuesday that 4th District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder White has been appointed to succeed Justice Rita Garman, makin...
Longest-serving jurist Garman retires from state high court

By JOHN O'CONNOR
May 09, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman, who had planned to seek a third 10-year term in November, abruptly tendered her resignation Monday. ...

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