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Restaurant workers depend largely on tips. They don’t get a full minimum wage. A bill in Springfield would change that.
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High-cost consumer loans with interest as high as 200% have plummeted since a state law passed in March 2021 put a ceiling on interest rates at 36%.
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Some newly introduced legislation seeks to expand insurance coverage or offer incentives for fertility care in Illinois.
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Unions representing teachers, laborers and police officers are spending big bucks to try primarying southern Illinois Republicans.
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A bill filed on Thursday would allow qualified individuals, not medical professionals, to self-administer a medication to end their lives. There is of course opposition to such measures, specifically from the Catholic and evangelical communities.
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The five additives, including red dye No. 3, would be banned from retail sales of foods and beverages in Illinois by 2027.
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A new study says a bill currently under consideration in Springfield would cost $1 billion and reduce child poverty by 7.6%.
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The legislature’s spring session gets underway on Jan. 16, but the upcoming election could play a role in what gets done and when.
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The law, which took effect Jan. 1, is intended to hold employers accountable for failing to act on complaints of workplace violence.
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The legislation is aimed at taking guns from those accused of domestic violence.