Illinois’ five taxpayer-funded state pension systems are second worst in the nation when it comes to debt.

The American Legislative Exchange Council, (ALEC) released “Unaccountable and Unaffordable”, which puts the total unfunded pension liability at $8.2 trillion nationwide.

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley remains at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, under observation and undergoing tests, the day after he was brought there for feeling “out of sorts,” his longtime spokeswoman said.

Daley began feeling off Wednesday afternoon, he was in his downtown home with his eldest daughter, Nora Daley Conroy.

The Illinois DNA  backlog has been eliminated.

Chicago democratic state Senator Patricia Van Pelt said for the first time since 2019, there are no outstanding sexual assault kits older than 180 days awaiting testing.

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed the Family Bereavement Act into law.

The new law amends the Child Bereavement Leave Act to expand leave time requirements to cover pregnancy loss, failed adoptions, unsuccessful reproductive procedures, and other diagnoses or events that impact pregnancy and fertility.