The state high court heard argument this week in a challenge to Illinois’ blanket felony gun ban. The appeal could reshape who can regain gun rights under FOID rules.

The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Macomb on pretrial-release rules and whether districts must extend bus routes to private-school students, with broad statewide implications.

A bloc of aldermen led by Ald. Samantha Nugent is pushing to pause Chicago’s One Fair Wage phase‑in, setting up a City Council fight over tipped pay. Business groups say costs are forcing cuts; the mayor vows not to roll back the change.

About 180 Aurora city employees staged an informational picket at City Hall calling for 4% annual raises after their 2024 contract lapsed.

Republicans pressed Democrats for details after state Rep. Harry Benton was removed from the House Democratic caucus and stripped of committee duties. The speaker’s office declined to explain.

ICE agents re-arrested a Sheboygan Falls mother at a Milwaukee DHS check-in days after an immigration judge cleared a green-card path; her attorney calls the detention unnecessary.

A mayor‑filed ordinance named for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson will be introduced at a special City Council meeting March 11 to add protections for poll workers and voters.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will unveil a major life‑sciences investment in Bradley Monday; the administration has released few details but says more information will follow.

The Illinois attorney general sued the operator of a Lockport McDonald’s after a state audit found dozens of 14- and 15-year-olds working late nights and shifts as long as 17 hours. The complaint seeks penalties and an injunction.

A longtime Little Village resident says he was labeled a Latin King and deported during Operation Midway Blitz; neighbors and records dispute the claim.

DuPage undersheriff Eddie Moore was put on administrative leave after an Oak Brook parking‑lot incident on Feb. 14. The move has prompted withdrawn endorsements ahead of the March 17 primary.

Federal prosecutors in Chicago have opened an antitrust inquiry into major fertilizer makers amid concerns about concentrated markets and rising input costs. The early-stage probe names CF Industries, Mosaic, Nutrien and others.

A 64-year-old Army veteran says he was denied a restroom at the Loop Real ID supercenter and later escorted to an employee bathroom.