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CHICAGO - With early voting already underway in the mayoral and aldermanic elections, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois called on the new city government to adopt a moratorium on the placement of new surveillance cameras in the City of Chicago.
Chicago -- Governor Pat Quinn today signs into law the Illinois Religious Freedom and Protection and
(CHICAGO, January 11, 2011) - A groundbreaking agreement in Ligas v.
Today, the Illinois Senate followed the lead of the Illinois House of Representatives in passing Senate Bill 1716, the Illinois Religious Freedom and Pr
CHICAGO - Earlier this morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a divided ruling upholding Illinois' mandatory moment of silence law.
SEATTLE – A federal court today held that immigration judges in Washington state must consider releasing detained immigrants on conditions of supervision instead of requiring a money bond.