Scott T. Holland

Scudder deftly explains the case history and why Madigan’s appellate arguments failed, routinely addressing what a reasonable jury could believe based on everything shown at trial.

Lawmakers have filed more than 11,400 bills and resolutions since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

Anti-violence might be my deepest held personal position. But that comes from understanding how much we actually have normalized the scourge.

The people’s business isn’t always done in the predawn hours of Memorial Day weekend or crammed into a January lame duck session.

IEPA estimates the remediations have an average cost of $150,000 per site and said its Underground Storage Tank Fund holds more than $80 million as of April 7. Ignoring inflation, five projects per year means it would take 106 years to burn through the entire fund.

How are supposed to kids supposed to know what’s happening on their Chromebooks if they’re looking at their iPhones?

Few love the idea of a central government database, state or federal, tying everyone’s everything into a single record.

Rose, who co-chairs the Legislative Audit Commission, dressed down DOC Director LaToya Hughes for helming an agency with 40 shortcomings in fiscal 2023 and 2024.

When ethics laws don’t explicitly ban certain conduct, the result is that the powerful are invited to dance in the gray areas until jurists ultimately define the actual rules.

Current law empowers the board to expel implicated students for up to two calendar years. Under SB 2991, the mandatory minimum would be one year.

DOC’s glowing education release stands in stark contrast to inmates who just want to hold a birthday card from a child or parent, but along with HB 4235’s broad support, it does foster optimism for commitments to prepare inmates for healthy returns to society.

Legislation contemplating a pathway to driving privileges for people who have racked up three separate license suspensions is little more than a concession that the penalty structure can never be expected to achieve the implicit goal of keeping dangerous drivers off the road.

It’s difficult to envision a restaurant, from fast food to fancy steakhouse, that lets customers pay a tab with plastic then fish out physical dollars and cents to cover the tax and tip.

Districts participating in the vacancy grant program hired more than 12,400 new teachers, according to the report, with retention numbers looking good and more than 2,300 employees pursuing endorsements or licenses in the high-need areas.

Economic projections and policy proposals aren’t guarantees. If or when plain language appears on a ballot, opponents will be quick to argue against the wisdom of giving lawmakers a blank check.