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The Illinois Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated opinion on the state’s biometric privacy law Friday, leaving the door open for massive damages when companies are found to violate residents’ privacy rights but suggesting lawmakers revisit the issue.

We do some digging and find out what hiking adventures are out there among the US states for the extra bear aware adventurer

With parks, school, statues, expressways and even a water-pumping station named for them, there are many ties between the Windy City and the 45 men who have served as president of the United States.

Individual users may have no idea that companies they never heard of know their heartbeats, the number of steps they take and other health data. A proposal in the Illinois Legislature would insure companies can’t get such information without a person’s consent.

Illinois has paid out millions in pension payments to former legislators who have admitted criminal wrongdoing or are awaiting trial.

There’s a good chance that Main Street in your hometown looks different from how it did three years ago, whether that’s in Illinois or elsewhere in the U.S. Perhaps your favorite restaurant has closed, or your barber never reopened after lockdowns. For communities whose economic success is tied to tourism…

East St. Louis-area hotel restaurant server and single mother of three Joan Van said she works doubles, sometimes triples, to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick, or she needs to call out

It might happen. What could go wrong?

A military spokesperson tells NPR that it's their understanding that the FBI has spoken to the hobbyist group in question.

It’s good for kids, and the state, that Gov. J.B. Pritzker focused on education in his budget and State of the State speech.

The decision appears to be the first from a federal judge considering whether the ban comports with a U.S. Court Supreme decision.