Every member of Illinois's law-school class of 2014 received a scholarship, including those off the wait list.

WSJ: More Law Schools Haggle on Scholarships

The suit, filed Jan. 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Chicago personal injury lawyers Ribbeck Lawchartered, is a class action by Gary Lobatan on behalf of at least 4, 200 passengers and crewmembers on board the Costa Concordia when it went aground near Giglio, Italy.

FORBES: Shipwreck Suit Filed In U.S.; Judge May Send It To Italy

This year white working-class voters seemed to grow more sceptical of the junior senator for Illinois as the race progressed.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Illinois's fifth district, which stretches from posh flats on Chicago's lakefront through working-class bungalows to the suburbs near O'Hare airport, is reliably blue.

ECONOMIST: The race for Rahm Emanuel��s seat