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Maps: Where do Illinois and its counties rank among states, counties with the most excessive drinkers, per new report?
Excessive drinking” includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, drinking while pregnant, and underage drinking, according to the ...
Jim Nowlan: Democrats on Illinois’ high court must recuse themselves on gerrymandering
Democratic justices on the Illinois Supreme Court are mired in conflicts of interest; they must recuse themselves from the ...
Editorial: Want more voter participation? Here’s a way to get people more engaged.
Illinois could borrow from other states’ playbooks and give voters more of a chance to get binding referendums on the ballot.
After two decades of education and enforcement, Illinois drivers still failing Scott’s Law
Scott’s Law, also known as the Move Over Law, requires that all vehicles move over, if possible, or slow down when passing a ...
NPR Illinois6d
Despite two decades of education and enforcement, drivers still failing Scott’s Law
Scott’s Law, also known as the Move Over Law, requires that all vehicles move over, if possible, or slow down when passing a ...
Crain's Chicago Business2d
Why Johnson's industrial zoning plans are giving the biz community heartburn
The cumulative impact ordinance is meant to evaluate developments not only on the pollution they may cause, but whether they ...
Belleville News-Democrat on MSN11d
A university, a southern Illinois town and a fight to survive Trump’s war on higher education
There have been two straight years of enrollment gains, driven in part by an influx of students coming from Southern Illinois ...
Better Government Association14d
State Courts Lag on Electronic Monitoring Data Required by SAFE-T Act
As BGA Policy has consistently highlighted, Illinois’ judicial branch is not subject to FOIA, leaving entities like juvenile detention centers, policies and procedures of judicial agencies, training ...