All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A suburban Chicago man whose legs were amputated in 2017 after a car lurched forward into a parking space, pinning him against the front of a 7-Eleven store, reached a $91 million settlement on Monday with...
Feb 10 2023 // CHICAGO – Monro, Inc., owner and operator of more than 1,000 auto care locations across the country, will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Feb 9 2023 // A bill proposed by an Illinois lawmaker this week would prohibit auto insurers from setting rates based on credit score, race and sex among other criteria, an action that the insurance industry says would drive down...
Feb 7 2023 // Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oreal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health problems will be consolidated in Chicago federal court, according to a Monday order from the...
Feb 6 2023 // The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas...
Feb 3 2023 // Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations...
Jan 31 2023 // Davies announced the acquisition of MVP Advisory Group, LLC (“MVP”), the consulting business specializing in advisory & transformation projects for the property & casualty and life & health...
Jan 27 2023 // Springfield, Illinois-based Miller Mid-America Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded...
Jan 26 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal...
Jan 20 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections.Officers responded to a...
Jan 12 2023 // WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) – The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents...
Jan 11 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – The owner operators of a senior living facility on Chicago’s North Side where three women were found dead amid high heat last May have reached a $16 million settlement with the women’s...
Jan 10 2023 // Tieffel Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2022, Tieffel Insurance Agency was...
Jan 5 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Severe weather that swept Illinois on Tuesday produced at least six tornadoes, the largest number of rare January tornadoes recorded in the state since 1989, the National Weather Service said.Five of the...
Dec 27 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Chicago-based ROC Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, ROC Group is an employee communication agency specializing in human...
Dec 15 2022 // Evertree Insurance, an omni-channel personal lines insurance distribution platform, has acquired Gnade Insurance Group. Gnade is located in Frankfort, Illinois. Gnade Insurance is a 27-person independent insurance agency...
Dec 9 2022 // A jury has awarded more than $2.6 million to three former Lake County employees who claimed the county circuit court clerk fired them because they supported her opponent in the 2016 election.One of Lake County Circuit...
Dec 9 2022 // A contractor died after a crane overturned at a refinery in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, a coroner said.Chad L. Crabtree, 47, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident Tuesday afternoon...
Dec 8 2022 // PCF Insurance Services (PCF) has acquired Direct Dealer Services (DDS), an automotive finance and insurance (F&I) firm providing industry-leading technologies, products, solutions and training. Headquartered in Hoffman...
Dec 5 2022 // With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – exposing workers in Matteson, Illinois to...