Breaking legal news for Tuesday, February 16

State

• Anti red-light legislation faces key test today, Daily Herald

Central Illinois

• McLean Co. to pay $140K more a year to maintain law enforcement software, Bloomington Pantagraph
• Convicted murderer wants case for retrial heard out of the area, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Clash of faiths lands in court, Chicago Tribune
• "Not guilty" pleas in O'Hare minority fraud case, Chicago Sun-Times
• Peterson hearing: 68 down, 1 to go, Joliet Herald News

Northern Illinois

• Key GOP senator: Could support Thomson plan with law changes, Quad-City Times

Nation

• White House readies for two possible Supreme Court vacancies, ABA Journal
• BigLaw Lawyers jump to small firm's, law's fastest growing sector, ABA Journal