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Last night, the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee approved House Bill 1613, a measure that would make permanent the current practice of collecting data about every traffic stop conducted by police in the State of Illinois.
The following can be attributed to Khadine Bennett, Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois:
Earlier today, U.S. District Court Judge Luis Alonso gave final approval to a consent decree in Lippert v. Baldwin. The decree was part of a settlement reached earlier this year.
Earlier today, the Kansas Supreme Court struck down a 2015 ban on one of the safest abortion procedures. The dangerous ban passed in the Kansas legislature has been replicated in other states around the country.
Last week, a handful of students and parents residing in suburban high school District 211 ended their effort to bar students who are transgender from continuing to use the restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender in the district’s high schools.