“The Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct say a lawyer who gets confidential information while working as a public officer ‘may not represent a private client whose interests are adverse to that person.’ That would seem to apply directly to Mr. Raoul’s lawyers-for-hire, and this should be a subject for the state bar.”

“For instance, of the $1.6 billion in new K-12 funding that has been distributed under the EBF, $1.1 billion — or 71 percent — has gone to schools educating student populations that’re over 50 percent low-income, while 87 percent — or $1.3 billion — has gone to schools educating 87 percent of the Black and 77 percent of the Latinx students in Illinois. In short, bipartisanship on the front-end resulted in legislation that benefited the entire state on the back-end.”

The new rules require employees be given a 20-minute break if working a 12-hour shift or longer, and at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every consecutive 7-day period.

“I think the 5-2 majority, just like the 4-3 majority in the past, has not been very business friendly. Everything from taxation issues, to the fact that medical malpractice caps were thrown out, to redistricting and restoring some kind of part of balance to the state, I think we are concerned,” Illinois Chamber of Commerce President Todd Maisch said. “You always want to give a new Supreme Court justice the benefit of the doubt, but we’re prepared for some bad decisions out of the court.”

Jim Dey: “(Republican state Rep. Deanne) Mazzochi fought the gerrymander, and the gerrymander won.”

Among them, school board members will be required to take training on “trauma-informed practices,” including “the prevalence of trauma among students, including the prevalence of trauma among student populations,” and “the effects of implicit or explicit bias on recognizing trauma among various students in connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation.”

More than 130 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to save Illinoisans’ lives by speeding up the state’s transition to electric trucks that will reduce the amount of diesel fuel air pollution.

House Bill 5855 from state Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, would redefine dozens of different types of rifles, pistols and shotguns as “assault weapons.” If approved, anyone who owns them would have 300 days to register them with state police. All future sales would be prohibited.