Anne Burke becomes the Illinois Supreme Court's chief justice later this month. A WBEZ investigation finds several cases she heard on the Supreme Court, even though they involved clients of her husband's law firm.
One Illinois lawmaker is encouraged that Governor Bruce Rauner and his staff are part of the conversation on legislation to prevent two Illinois nuclear power plants from closing.
In a new effort to counter losses at two of its Illinois nuclear plants, Exelon is proposing new legislation to offer incentives to those plants plus solar and wind energy producers.
