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Posted by: Will Phoenix According to a new press release, Illinois has officially announced its approval of a new medical marijuana program. At a meeting yesterday the JCAR (Joint Committee on Administrative Rules) green lighted specific regulations for a pilot program at a meeting held in Chicago. They reviewed the …

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A federal court is ordering the city of Chicago to pay the National Rifle Association nearly $1 million in legal fees. The NRA had challenged a Chicago law banning gun sales within the city limits that a federal court ruled unconstitutional in January. Chicago also paid the NRA $600,000 in …

BY KIM JANSSEN Federal Courts Reporter July 7, 2014 4:08PM It was the family feud of nightmares. Jennifer Scherr was the mother of an 8-year-old girl dying of brain cancer. She says her father-in-law, a Chicago cop, helped her grow marijuana in her Evergreen Park basement to medicate her dying …

One of the spate of shootings that took place in Chicago, Ill. over the July 4th holiday weekend involved a veteran with a concealed carry permit who was forced to a shoot a man who began firing on him and a group of friends. The incident occurred Friday night, the …

Andrew V. Papachristos (2013) 48 Years of Crime in Chicago: A Descriptive Analysis of Serious Crime Trends from 1965 to 2013, ISPS Working Paper, ISPS13-023 Abstract: Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced an unpredicted drop in crime. Chicago, while often portrayed as a violent city, has …

CITY HALL — A West Side alderman has proposed the first limitations on bring-your-own-bottle policies at city businesses — but diners can rest easy, as the ordinance would specifically exempt restaurants. Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) submitted the ordinance at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, and 15 aldermen immediately signed on. It …

By David Heinzmann, Tribune reporter 12:02 p.m. CDT, June 23, 2014 The curled metal fixtures set to go up on a handful of Michigan Avenue light poles later this summer may look like delicate pieces of sculpture, but researchers say they’ll provide a big step forward in the way Chicago …