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Earlier this evening, the Senate Criminal Law Committee approved Senate Bill 3415, a measure that continues the practice of collecting information about traffic stops in Illinois. The policy has been in place for more than a decade and was first championed by then-State Senator Barack Obama.
This morning, the Illinois House Appropriations – Human Services – Committee held hearings regarding the use of managed care to provide health care for youth under the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Seeking to protect Illinoisans’ access to an open internet, a coalition of elected officials and public interest organizations gathered to support House Bill 4819, the Broadband Procurement and Disclosure Act.
“It is extremely disappointing that the Chicago City Council decided to rush to vote on this ordinance today. We understand that aldermen want to be ‘tough on crime’ – but this cannot be done on the backs of domestic and sexual violence survivors, people with disabilities and crime victims.
A range of experts from Illinois and beyond – with expertise in civil rights, medical care, and the struggles for acceptance as a transgender student – are asking the state appellate court to reverse a decision to single out and limit a female student’s use of the girls’ locker room because she i
