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Justice David Overstreet wrote the unanimous opinion for a case in which the Illinois Supreme Court found that the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act does not apply to health care workers required to use fingerprint scanners to dispense medicine. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)

Meisel: State high court finds medical personnel exemption to biometric information privacy law

December 1, 2023 10:43 am|

Justices rule against nurses who sued over hospitals’ use of fingerprint medicine cabinets By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News…

Hancock: Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure

December 1, 2023 7:10 am|

Individuals can obtain their own records through other means By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD –…

Meet Princess — Our APL Pet Project This Week

November 30, 2023 9:05 am|

Meet Princess! Princess is an 8-year-old pittie mix. She came from Sangamon County Animal Control. Very mild mannered. …

FILE - This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee, shows President Donald Trump recording a video statement on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Trump's lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing their client from the horde of U.S. Capitol rioters, whom the former president has embraced on the campaign trail.(House Select Committee via AP)

AP: Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them

November 29, 2023 9:00 pm|

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have…

This image provided by the Burlington Police Department shows Jason J. Eaton. Police have arrested the suspect in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus Saturday evening. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Eaton while conducting a search of the shooting area in Burlington on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023 the Burlington Police Department said in a statement. (Burlington Police Department via AP)

AP: Was the Vermont shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent a hate crime? Under state law it might be

November 29, 2023 12:15 pm|

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Authorities in Vermont are weighing whether the shooting of three…

Hancock: Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law

November 29, 2023 10:30 am|

Suit says new requirements are overly burdensome, preempted by federal law By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com…

Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints. Recent statements by former President Donald Trump raise questions about how he might use it if he wins another term. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

AP: Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails

November 29, 2023 5:27 am|

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection…

Former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Springfield on Monday after he was granted another delay in his corruption trial, which was set for this week. McCann was also granted a last-minute motion to ditch his federal public defender in order to represent himself. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)

Meisel: Former GOP senator, third-party governor candidate to represent himself in corruption trial

November 28, 2023 9:00 pm|

Sam McCann fires court-appointed attorneys on trial’s scheduled start date By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD…

Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022 and is a 2024 GOP candidate for Congress, records a video from the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Nov. 27. Candidates wishing to be in a lottery to appear first on the ballot in the 2024 primary election had to be in line by 8 a.m. Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Nowicki: Candidates for 2024 primary brave cold for potential ballot advantage

November 28, 2023 6:00 pm|

Hundreds of hopefuls aim to claim top spot on ballot By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD…

A map submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission by Wolf Carbon Solutions showing their preferred route for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. (Photo taken from ICC testimony)

Adams: Iowa-Illinois carbon dioxide pipeline application withdrawn

November 28, 2023 3:05 pm|

Wolf Carbon Solutions “remains committed” to the project, plans to refile application By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois…

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