If you are a member of the media and wish to speak to a representative of the ACLU of Illinois, please call 312-201-9740 or email media@aclu-il.org. If you are a member of the media and wish to receive ACLU of Illinois press releases, please send your name, the outlet for which you work, your email address, and phone number to media@aclu-il.org with the subject line “Press Release Distribution.”
The City of Chicago today announced a three-month delay before applying new rules for nonprofit employees to register as lobbyists. The ACLU of Illinois and other groups have opposed these rules because they are burdensome and raise troubling issues of equity and free speech.
Transgender prisoners in Illinois prisons will have access to more humane, professional health care after U.S.
Yesterday, a Ford County judge ordered the owner of a Paxton Bed & Breakfast to comply with the 2016 order of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, including by paying damages awarded to Mark and Todd Wathen.
Chicago police officers stopped 200,000 more motorists in 2018, compared to the previous calendar year. The astronomical increase meant that CPD officers made more than 500 additional vehicle stops per day across the City.
The below statement can be attributed to the Communities United v. City of Chicago coalition of groups who sued the department for use of force against people with disabilities:
