St. Louis-based logistics company United Van Lines released its 46th annual National Movers Study on Monday, which showed that Illinois was the second most moved-from U.S. state in 2022. Illinois came behind only New Jersey.

The study is based on ratings of inbound and outbound state moves with United Van Lines.

The lame-duck session, the final five days of the 102nd Illinois General Assembly, begins today at the state Capitol.

Much attention has already been given to House Bill 5855, the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which would ban the manufacture, delivery, sale or purchase of assault-style weapons among other changes to gun law.

Now that the Illinois Supreme Court has halted the cashless bail portion of the criminal justice legislation called the SAFE-T Act, many are wondering what happens next.

The Pretrial Fairness Act, the portion of the SAFE-T Act which eliminates cash bail, was deemed unconstitutional by a Kankakee County judge last week following lawsuits from dozens of state’s attorneys in Illinois challenging the provision were consolidated into a single case. But the judge’s ruling only impacted the 64 counties that brought suit.

When Allstate sold its sprawling Northbrook campus in October, long an iconic corporate landmark bordering the Tri-State Tollway, the insurance giant didn’t set off for a trendy West Loop address, the Sun Belt or more exotic destination.

Instead, Allstate packed up its cubicles, stowed its massive signs and moved into an anonymous office building it still owned across the street, downsizing its global headquarters — at least temporarily — to a modest, unmarked space on the first and second floors.

Des Plaines residents will have the chance to strengthen term limits for elected officials when they vote this spring.

After a lengthy and occasionally acrimonious discussion, a divided city council on Tuesday voted to put a plan on the April 4 ballot that, if approved, would limit the mayor, the city’s eight aldermen and the city clerk to just two terms in those positions, rather than two consecutive terms.

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, will run unopposed for re-election in his downtown ward for the fourth consecutive time since first winning the seat in 2007.

Reilly’s lone opponent in the race, Chris Cleary, withdrew from the ballot amid a petition challenge in late December, according to the Chicago Board of Ethics. Cleary did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Soaring prices for food, gas and other household items, coupled with annual holiday spending, put additional financial pressure on so many of us as we headed into the final weeks of the year. That’s why the recent spikes in property tax bills, which rose 6.6% across Chicago, were especially unwelcome for so many Chicagoans.

A measure that Illinois winemakers are looking to get passed in the lame-duck session of the Illinois General Assembly is designed to reduce the annual wine manufacturers’ fee back to the pre-COVID amount.

Senate Bill 1001 would reduce the wine manufacturers’ fee from $1,250 to its previous amount of $750 annually, which was in place before the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure passed the Illinois Senate last year but has yet to pass the House. Lame duck session begins Wednesday and ends Jan. 10.