Illinois legislators delved into linguistics to deal with the words crash, accident and alien. Not every crash is an accident, and that definition will change July 1, 2023. A second change ends the use of the word alien to describe non-citizens.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a plan sponsored by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer and Sen. Steve McClure designed to help ease a shortage of school bus drivers by reinstating licenses suspended over child support payments.