(WSIL) The Move Over Task Force, formed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in 2019, delivered a report detailing their study of the causes of Move Over crashes and violations and proposing ways to protect law enforcement, emergency responders and all motorists.
The Move Over Law, also known as Scott’s Law, requires drivers to change lanes when approaching stationary emergency vehicles, including all highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights, and any stationary vehicle with their hazard lights activated. The law also states, if changing lanes is not possible or unsafe, drivers are required to proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle and leave a safe distance until they have safely passed the stationary vehicle.
Nearly half a million cannabis arrest records were expunged in the first year of recreational cannabis legalization in Illinois. Ten counties, including
The man was referring to the upcoming presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C., investigators said.
Louis Capriotti, 45, faces a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Capriotti was arrested Tuesday morning near his home, and he was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes later Tuesday.
âOur office takes the security of our public servants very seriously,â said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch Jr. âIndividuals who cross the line of free speech by making unlawful threats will be held accountable.â
Marijuana legalization in Illinois came with grand plans for wiping clean many criminal records involving cannabis. That aspect of the law was so important that on the eve of legalization on Jan. 1, 2020, Gov. JB Pritzker pardoned more than 11,000 people of low-level marijuana convictions.
Yet more than 700,000 cases could qualify for expungement, a process in which police and court records of arrests and convictions are cleared. The process is crucial to giving people with such records a better chance at getting a job, an education and a place to live.
Now, almost one year after legalization took effect, few of those cannabis cases have been cleared. But officials say more expungements are on the way.
Pot legalization was to bring expungements to many with records in Illinois Numbers so far are low, but more are expected to be on the way chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.