Illinois

Ill. court reinstates $10B judgment against Philip Morris over ‘light’ cigarettes

Kyla Asbury -

May 1, 2014 12:50 am

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Talia Eisenberg, co-founder of the Henley Vaporium, uses her vaping device in New York. Under a New York City law taking effect Tuesday, April 29, 2014, vaporizing devices will be treated the same as a tobacco-based cigarette. The New York ban, along with similar measures in Chicago and Los Angeles and federal regulations proposed last week, are again igniting debate among public health officials, the e-cigarette industry and users lon the future of the popular devices. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Business

Users bemoan e-cigarette bans in NYC, Chicago

Michael Sisak -

April 29, 2014 12:24 pm

Mom adds son as plaintiff in Illinois class action against PokerStars

Kyla Asbury -

April 25, 2014 11:22 pm

Business

Illinois-based Allsup to lay off 90 workers

Washington Examiner -

April 25, 2014 9:16 am

This undated handout photo provided by the Arlington County, Va. Police Department shows Jorge Torrez. An Illinois grandfather shook in the witness chair as he told jurors about discovering his 8-year-old granddaughter and her best friend dead from stab wounds in a park where they had been playing, an attack prosecutors say was committed by an ex-Marine now on trial for his life. A jury in U.S. District Court Tuesday, April 22, 2014, heard testimony linking the 2005 slayings of 8-year-old Laura Hobbs and 9-year-old Krystal Tobias, to Jorge Torrez, a neighbor of the girls in their hometown of Zion, Ill., about an hour north of Chicago. (AP Photo/Arlington County, Va. Police Department)

Crime

Death penalty case shifts focus to slain Ill. kids

Matthew Barakat -

April 22, 2014 10:38 pm

Aurora, Ill., Mayor Tom Weisner, right, accompanied by several mayors and village presidents from across Illinois, speaks during a news conference calling for state lawmakers to overhaul local pension systems for police and fire departments, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Mayors’ group pushes for Illinois pension reform

Sophia Tareen -

April 22, 2014 4:00 am

Gov. Pat Quinn promised tighter controls Saturday after a review found that the Illinois Medicaid program paid an estimated $12 million for medical services for people who had already died. (AP image)

Healthcare

Pat Quinn: New controls after Medicaid paid for dead

Jason Keyser -

April 21, 2014 4:00 am

There are narrow bounds on what more can and should be done on behalf of victims of crimes. (Thinkstock)

Columnists

What’s wrong with victims’ rights laws?

Steve Chapman -

April 20, 2014 4:00 am

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough is facing questions about her decision to hire family members and others with political ties to her. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Cook County official’s hiring practices questioned

Associated Press -

April 18, 2014 4:00 am

Report: Chicago missed out on $2.2 million judgment

Associated Press -

April 18, 2014 4:00 am

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