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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.
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.