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Will Stevenson -- Illinois Radio Network The state project allowing still and television cameras to cover certain criminal cases in some Illinois courtrooms could soon come to the state's capital. The 7th Judicial Circuit is the latest to apply for the Illinois Supreme Court's extended media coverage pilot program -- formed to see if it should be required statewide...

GURNEE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois could soon become one of the few states with a law governing the use of specially trained dogs in courtrooms to comfort witnesses. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports the Legislature approved the bill and it's now before the governor...