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Legal Sports Betting & Gambling May Be Coming To Illinois

In May 2018, The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a verdict which permitted states other than Nevada to legalize sports betting and gambling. Since this opinion has come out, many states have introduced proposed legislation to legalize sports gambling within their borders. In 2019, Illinois joined states like Kentucky and Missouri in …

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Potential Law to Allow Expungement of Marijuana-Related Criminal Charges

On February 3, 2017, freshman House Representative La Shawn K. Ford introduced Illinois House Bill 2367, designed to allow people to ask for expungement of some convictions for possession of marijuana or related paraphernalia.[1]  This Bill provides that “a petitioner may petition a circuit court to expunge records of a conviction or plea of guilty …

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