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KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE State supreme court elections are often ignored by the public and the media, but they can have a dramatic impact on public policy, especially in the post-Roe v. Wade era, when abortion policy is being sent back to the states. Numerically, 2024 is a very big year for such elections: They will be held in 33 states. And in several of those states, ideological control of the court could shift depending on the results. This year, Michigan, Ohio, Montana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arizona, and Florida will be home to some of the most consequential supreme court elections.
The Illinois Supreme Court has started the process to fill the circuit judge vacancy created in the Eighth Judicial Circuit after the removal of former judge Robert Adrian.
The 2024 class of Lincoln Laureates includes one-time residents of Champaign, Danville and the old Kappa Alpha Psi house on South Third Street, plus two others with strong UI ties.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A Champaign man convicted of killing Ricky Green in 2018 will not get a new trial. In a ruling released Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court agreed