(The Center Square) – Illinois democratic lawmakers are looking at removing some mandatory sentence enhancements for crimes like shootings and unlawful possession of a gun. State Rep. LaShawn Ford’s legislation would give a sentencing judge discretion over whether to tack on more than a decade in prison for gun-related felonies. Ford introduced the bill, HB […]
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Cole Lauterbach is a reporter with The Center Square, a republishing partner of Lake and McHenry County Scanner. The Center Square is an outlet publishing state and local-level news across the United States.
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State data: Estimated 1% of COVID-19 outbreaks came from restaurants
(The Center Square) – Restaurant owners from across Illinois say the closure orders being instituted by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will devastate small businesses, leaving thousands jobless even though the state found an estimated 1 percent of COVID-19 outbreaks came from restaurants. The Illinois Restaurant Association said Friday in Chicago that its members were being singled […]
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Pritzker says he’ll close bars, restaurants if COVID-19 cases rise too high
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would likely close Illinois’ bars and dine-in restaurant services again if the increase in COVID-19 cases continued to accelerate, but the governor was short on specifics. Pritzker was questioned by reporters in Chicago about how much of an increase in coronavirus cases the state would have […]
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Illinois’ sheriffs sue to force state to take inmates against Pritzker’s order
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ county jails have been filling up with hundreds of inmates since late March because of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order halting transfers to state prisons, but now sheriffs hope a judge will force the state to accept them and make room in jails. The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association filed a lawsuit […]