Kade Heather

Nine states will share in a total of $720 million in a deal with eight drug-makers. Illinois has collected about $1.4 billion of the $50 billion nationwide in opioid settlements.

Attorneys with the Thomas More Society filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of several organizations including Students for Life of America, Pro-Life Action League and Illinois Right to Life. It names Gov. JB Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Department of Insurance Director Ann Gillespie as defendants.

The wait time for phone calls to Planned Parenthood of Illinois also doubled in the days immediately after the election.

Officials in the office on Thursday dismissed an attorney who admitted to posting antisemitic comments.