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At least nine other states have adopted statewide policies limiting or banning the use of cell phones in schools. Elsewhere, even in the absence of a statewide policy, individual districts have begun acting on their own.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this month reaffirmed when a court finds an individual to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily have their guns taken.

The Illinois State Police have already installed 78 cameras in St. Clair County and plans to add them to Madison County later this year.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court reversing a major Clean Water Act provision protecting wetlands, Illinois lawmakers attempted to codify protections into state law during this year’s session. The bill will be brought up again during the fall veto session.

The Illinois bill, which has bipartisan support, would take guns from people with restraining orders against them. It failed for a third time in the legislature.

A central Illinois judge said banning post-primary slating in the middle of an election cycle was unconstitutional.

Illinois’ largest-ever spending plan increases education, human services and infrastructure funding.

The fiscal year 2025 spending plan spends $400 million more than what Gov. JB Pritzker proposed in his February budget address.

Many Illinois measures will now head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, including a bill that changes how damages accrue under Illinois’ first-in-the-nation biometric data privacy law.

Illinois’ primary election day is March 19, but early voting is already underway. Here is key information on how to vote and what to expect on your ballot.