Monday, March 17, 2025

Search results for keyword: Illinois found in 391 News.

springfield
  • by david hall
Secretary of state brings the DMV to the driver

The Illinois secretary of state's office launches a mobile unit to bring the services of a brick-and-mortar office closer to workplaces and into communities.

police-reform
  • by david hall
Push to monitor Chicago police traffic stops under federal court order faces stiff resistance from community groups

Witnesses at federal court hearings worried that including traffic stops in a consent decree originally issued in 2019 to reform the Chicago Police Department would actually slow attempts to curb the controversial practice.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Parliamentary maneuver spares Johnson a City Council defeat on ethics reform — for a little while

The measure would stiffen penalties for lobbyists who contribute to mayoral campaigns in defiance of a 2011 executive order signed by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In other action, after vigorous debate, the Council approved a "quiet zone" around a West Loop abortion clinic.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Judicial giant Harry D. Leinenweber dies at 87: 'He was the coolest judge I've ever seen, on TV or off TV'

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber took senior status in 2002, but he continued to preside over blockbuster trials 20 years later. They included the trial of former R&B star R. Kelly in 2022 and a major corruption trial involving four political insiders tied to ComEd. "He was an honorable judge…