Latest Illinois Headlines
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150 Years Later, Dixon, Illinois Bridge Collapse Among Nation’s Worst
May 2 2023 // DIXON, Ill. (AP) – Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan Goble held the 3 1/2-year-old girl in a crowd of...
Mississippi River Continues to Rise in Iowa, Illinois
May 1 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to slowly recede and...
Illinois Supreme Court: Union Workers Can’t Sue Under Biometric Law
Apr 17 2023 // Illinois’ top court said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state’s biometric privacy law, which can expose companies to massive penalties. The Illinois...
Illinois Nursing Facility to Pay $400K in Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Apr 13 2023 // Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over conduct at its Symphony of Joliet...
Wright Flood Expands Private Flood Insurance Offering in Illinois
Apr 6 2023 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services has announced its entrance into Illinois by introducing an admitted, stand-alone private flood insurance product as the next state in the continued expansion of the company’s...
Illinois Supreme Court: Union Workers Can’t Sue Under Biometric Law
Mar 24 2023 // Illinois’ top court on Thursday said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state’s biometric privacy law, which can expose companies to massive penalties. The...
NFP Acquires Illinois’ David Marcus
Mar 21 2023 // NFP, a property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement advisor, announced it has acquired David A. Marcus & Associates, Inc. and Deerfield Financial Group, LLC (David Marcus). Based in...
Illinois Considers Slaughtering the Golden Goose of Competition
Mar 7 2023 // How it is that Illinois, a jurisdiction not typically associated with a strong commitment to free-market principles, came to be the first state in the nation to allow its insurance rates to be regulated entirely by open...
Illinois Supreme Court: BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Scan
Feb 17 2023 // The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a separate claim accrues each time a business unlawfully scans or transmits an individual’s biometric identifier or information, a decision that could drive up class...
Illinois Grain Co-Op Fined $629K After 27-Year-Old Worker Suffers Partial Amputation
Feb 14 2023 // An Illinois grain cooperatives’ failure to make sure they followed required safety procedures contributed to how a 27-year-old worker suffered a partial amputation of his right leg when a paddle conveyor was left...
Illinois Man Reaches $91M Settlement in 7-Eleven Crash Suit
Feb 13 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A suburban Chicago man whose legs were amputated in 2017 after a car lurched forward into a parking space, pinning him against the front of a 7-Eleven store, reached a $91 million settlement on Monday with...
Illinois Truck Parts Company to Settle $200K Sexual Harassment Suit
Feb 10 2023 // CHICAGO – Monro, Inc., owner and operator of more than 1,000 auto care locations across the country, will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Illinois Bill Would Limit Criteria for Setting Auto Insurance Rates
Feb 9 2023 // A bill proposed by an Illinois lawmaker this week would prohibit auto insurers from setting rates based on credit score, race and sex among other criteria, an action that the insurance industry says would drive down...
Nearly 60 L’Oreal Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Consolidated in Illinois Federal Court
Feb 7 2023 // Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oreal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health problems will be consolidated in Chicago federal court, according to a Monday order from the...
Closed Ill. Plant’s Ex-Operator Settles Suits for $408M
Feb 6 2023 // The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas...
Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims
Feb 3 2023 // Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations...
Davies Acquires Illinois’ MVP
Jan 31 2023 // Davies announced the acquisition of MVP Advisory Group, LLC (“MVP”), the consulting business specializing in advisory & transformation projects for the property & casualty and life & health...
Illinois’ Miller Mid-America Joins VIAA
Jan 27 2023 // Springfield, Illinois-based Miller Mid-America Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded...
NRA Sues Over Illinois Two-Week-Old Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons
Jan 26 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal...
Police Investigate Central Illinois Planned Parenthood Fire As Arson
Jan 20 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections. Officers responded to a...
