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Food trucks line up to serve customers and gather petition signatures in this July 2012 photo, taken days before the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance restricting the trucks from parking within 200 feet of restaurants. That ordinance was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday, after finding the food truck regulations were not unconstitutional. AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong

Food truck rules survive high court challenge

The state’s top court upheld Chicago’s regulations on food trucks Thursday, affirming appellate and circuit court rulings that found the city could restrict how closely the driveable diners can operate from their bricks-and-mortar brethren.
By Adrianna Pitrelli
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With week to go, abortion law rewrite gets second chance

A measure that would rewrite Illinois’ abortion statute — the subject of monthslong debate among advocates on both sides but not lawmakers — is moving out of legislative limbo after months of inaction.
By Rebecca Anzel
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Kirkland merger expert, Red Cross leader dies

R. Scott Falk, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP who negotiated multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, died Friday at the age of 55.
By David Thomas

Union fees case makes yet another SCOTUS run

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t agree much with former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. But they’ve now both asked the nation’s top court to ignore a plea from plaintiffs who want a refund of union fees.
By Andrew Maloney

Jury finds for disposal company after eviction trial

A Cook County jury found in favor of an industrial material disposal company after its landlord attempted to evict the business for allegedly violating its lease.
By Jordyn Reiland

Chicago lead pipe case gets new shot

A divided state appeals panel on Wednesday revived a class-action effort to hold the city of Chicago liable for elevated levels of lead in residents’ water after replacing mains and meters.
By David Thomas

Private ambulance immunity case to high court

The state’s top court will take up a case to decide if a private ambulance company can get the benefit of immunity given to emergency vehicles for a collision its medic was said to cause.
By Adrianna Pitrelli

Companies can be sued for gender violence

Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, among others, a state panel has suggested entities can be treated as people when their employees commit gender-based acts of battery or assault.
By Andrew Maloney
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Food trucks line up to serve customers and gather petition signatures in this July 2012 photo, taken days before the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance restricting the trucks from parking within 200 feet of restaurants. That ordinance was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday, after finding the food truck regulations were not unconstitutional. AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong
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Food truck rules survive high court challenge
Women dressed as Handmaids, characters from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” stand by as House Democrats meet on the other side of the door to discuss the future of the Reproductive Health Act on Wednesday in the Illinois statehouse.
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With week to go, abortion law rewrite gets second chance
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner R. Scott Falk takes part in a Chicago Humanities Festival reception in 2017. Falk died May 17. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
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Kirkland merger expert, Red Cross leader dies
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (right) takes her oath from U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox (left) as her spouse Amy Eshleman (second left) and her daughter Vivian look during her inauguration ceremony Monday. Cox and Lightfoot worked together as assistant U.S. attorneys earlier in their careers and remain close friends.
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The Lightfoot administration begins
Demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during an October protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. Studies have shown error rates in facial-analysis systems built by Amazon, IBM and Microsoft were far higher for darker-skinned women than lighter-skinned men.
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Public safety, civil rights groups battle over facial ID technology