Caterpillar’s announcement that it plans to move its global headquarters from Illinois to an existing office in Texas was greeted with concern and dismay in Illinois.

Chairman and CEO Jim Umpleby made national and international headlines with the brief news release this week.

Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is calling out Mayor Lori Lightfoot for failing to deliver on her campaign promise to work for term limits on future mayors.

On Wednesday, Quinn filed to put the issue on the November ballot as a voter referendum. He also lamented how little Lightfoot’s done on the issue, despite endorsing it years ago and featuring it again in a new campaign video.

Craft cannabis growers in Illinois may resume preparing to open for business after a judge Wednesday ended his order that prevented the state from expediting new licenses.

Winnebago County Circuit Judge Stephen Balogh ruled that jilted license applicants challenging the licensing process must file lawsuits under administrative review law, which provides some protection for existing licensees.

State regulators are considering a $38 million proposal for refunds to Commonwealth Edison customers in connection with a federal bribery scandal.

The utility agreed in a federal deferred prosecution agreement that it tried to bribe people close to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, in an influence campaign that lasted nearly a decade. The utility admitted that it sought to influence Madigan by placing his associates into jobs requiring little or no work.