The Illinois Senate passed a bill that will allow medical assistance in dying. It passed the MAiD bill Thursday night with a 30 to 27 vote. This comes after the House passed the bill in May. A person is eligible for medical assistance in dying if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and have six months or less to live.

Illinois is poised to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients after the state Senate passed a bill to permit the practice early Friday morning. The bill,

State lawmakers approved formally banning federal agents from arresting people near courthouses and allowing lawsuits if individuals’ rights have been violated in civil immigration arrests.

Wednesday's order offers support for Illinois farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and others to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.

An Illinois jury has convicted a sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

The most robust challenge to Trump's authority to deploy troops occurred with Newsom v Trump, which upheld that the president had federal authority over National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles during widespread protests against the deportations earlier this year.

The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of former Sangamon County, Illinois, deputy Sean Grayson, accused of shooting and killing Sonya Massey in her home.

Sonya Massey called 911 from her Springfield, Illinois, home in July 2024 to report a prowler. Sean Grayson was one of two deputies to respond to the call.

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With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers proposed new taxes on many large entertainment events and billionaires to raise the $1.5 billion