(The Center Square) – Senate Democrats in Springfield have advanced legislation that would prohibit law enforcement from conducting vehicle searches based on the smell of marijuana. With recreational marijuana now legal in Illinois for roughly the past three years, individuals also would no longer be required to store marijuana in an odor-proof container as they […]
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Glenn Minnis is a contributor 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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Illinois senator files legislation that would enhance penalty for DUI drivers who kill, injure multiple people
(The Center Square) – A lawmaker has filed a bill that would enhance the prison sentence for impaired drivers who kill someone and injure others in Illinois. The so-called “Lindsey’s Law” legislation would pave the way for law enforcement to charge intoxicated drivers with a Class 2 felony if they kill someone and also cause […]