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THURSDAY, NOV. 30

STORY: SCOIL-FOID
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that information about someone's FOID card application is exempt from disclosure, even if the information is requested by the applicant themself. The decision involved two separate Madison County residents who sought information explaining why their FOID applications had been denied or revoked.
Reporter: Peter Hancock
Word count: 500-700 words
Photo: stock/file
Broadcast: reader
Audio/video: No
ETA: 4 p.m.

STORY: BIPA OPINION
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled the state's strongest-in-the-nation biometric privacy law does, in fact, exempt health care workers' biometric information collected for treatment of patients, like thumbprints hospitals collect from staff in order to authorize them to open sophisticated medicine cabinets.
Reporter: Hannah Meisel
Word count: 700-900 words
Photo: file
Broadcast: reader
Audio/video: no
ETA: 5 p.m.


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