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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan holds a press conference in Chicago in 2011. Madigan filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest student loan provider this week.

State attorney general sues student loan provider

January 20, 2017

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the nation’s largest student loan provider and another money-lending corporation for allegedly engaging in risky and deceptive...

Washington Elementary School is a part of Evanston/Skokie District 65. The board approved teacher contract on Monday after months of tense negotiations.

State lawmakers pass bill requiring lead testing in schools, daycare centers

January 13, 2017

Illinois lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would require all elementary schools and daycare centers to test water sources for lead. The bill would mandate lead testing in all public and private elementary...

Same-day registration is certain for Illinois voters after judicial back-and-forth

October 11, 2016

Illinois voters will be able to register and vote up through Election Day next month, Attorney General Lisa Madigan said last week. Madigan made the announcement after the Seventh District Court of...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan holds a press conference in Chicago in 2011. Illinois joined 34 other states in suing a company that makes an opioid treatment drug.

Illinois joins 35 states in lawsuit against drug treating opioid addiction

October 3, 2016

Illinois joined 34 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against drugmaker Indivior over its prescription drug that treats patients addicted to heroin and other opioid drugs. Indivior...

Prison lawsuit bill passes Illinois Senate

April 10, 2016

A bill sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) that would prohibit the state from suing prison inmates under certain circumstances passed the Illinois Senate last week. Senate Bill 2465 would...

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