Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Jimmy John's sandwich chain has agreed to stop requiring low-level employees to sign agreements preventing them from seeking jobs with competitors. Madigan said in a news release Wednesday that the Champaign-based chain also agreed to inform its employees that previously signed agreements will not be enforced and to tell franchise owners to rescind any existing agreements.

 A stalemate that's left Illinois without a budget has taken a new political turn. It comes as the Attorney General is asking a court to determine what bills Illinois can pay when the state has no spending authority.

Illinois' Attorney General says Governor Bruce Rauner had no authority to bring a fight over union dues to federal court. She's trying to dismiss the case.

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs is keeping secret the results of an investigation into his predecessor.