State’s high court ‘rides the circuit’ to Godfrey
State’s high court ‘rides the circuit’ to Godfrey
High school and college students in the Metro East area got a rare chance to see the Illinois Supreme Court in action Wednesday when the court traveled to the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey to hear two cases. John Lufton, who directs the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, explained at the outset that it’s something the court has done periodically for the past five or six years.
State lawmakers seek to cap insulin prices
Ten years ago, Megan Blair was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. “I remember standing at the pharmacy counter with my mom,” she said. “When the pharmacist rang up the prescription, he let us know that the 30-day supply of insulin that I needed would be about $800. I looked at my mom and my mom looked at me.” Democratic state lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would...