The attorneys general in the most recent three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment filed a lawsuit Thursday in an effort for the constitutional amendment to be recognized as the 28th Amendment after missing a congressional deadline.
Two Springfield residents were charged Thursday with manufacture or delivery of meth and possession of meth after Sangamon County sheriff's officials made controlled buys of the drug at their residence.
While a second case of the novel coronavirus in Illinois was confirmed Thursday by the state's Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials said the risk to Illinois residents remains low.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined Springfield's Bridge Care Suites $50,000 in two separate incidents of failed patient care. IDPH levied fines of $25,000 for each incident at the west side facility.
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump resumes Thursday with up to another eight hours of questions to House Democrats prosecuting the case and the president's defense team.
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has a Medicaid deal for states: more control over health care spending on certain low-income residents if they agree to a limit on how much the feds kick in.
