The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Rogue gun manufacturers and dealers who negligently or recklessly sell firearms in Illinois must be held accountable to more effectively reduce gun violence in our communities. To do so, policymakers need to clarify the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, or Consumer Fraud Act, to ensure that the…

Californians are weighing in publicly on the idea of reparations to Black Americans, with the state’s Reparations Task Force set to report their recommendations by July 1. This initiative builds on smaller-scale efforts, such as in my hometown of Evanston, Illinois, which in 2021 became the first U.S. city to…

Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight’s Action Park since 1930, and the park has seen its share of economic ups and downs

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

CHICAGO — Water utilities will be required to routinely test for toxic forever chemicals, and spend billions upgrading treatment plants to filter them, under the first-ever national limits intended to protect Americans from widespread threats to human health and the environment.

The provision was to go into effect Jan. 1 under the wide-ranging criminal justice reform bill, but it was challenged by last-minute lawsuits by roughly 60 sheriffs and state’s attorneys.

Nurse Becky Bliefnick, 41, found dead in her home on 23 February after failing to collect her three sons