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The City of Chicago, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) have agreed to settle claims stemming from an undercover Chicago Police Department (CPD) investigation of the AFSC conducted in 2002.
SPRINGFIELD – As the Surveillance Camera Data Collection Act (House Bill 1948) cleared the Illinois House floor on Friday, April 15, the ACLU of Illinoi
On Thursday, April 14th, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Reproductive Rights Project will appear in the Illinois Appellate Court (First Judicial District) in Chicago to argue the case of
CHICAGO – Little less than a year after a young Mississippi woman captured national headlines successfully challenging a local school policy that denied her ability to wear a tuxedo to a public high scho
Updated to Add Tuesday, March 15th, 3:15 p.m. - HB 3156 was passed out of the Agriculture Committee on a 13-0 vote, over opposition from the ACLU of Illinois. HB 1919 was not called for consideration before the committee adjourned.
CHICAGO – With the stroke of his pen, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today ended the embarrassment caused the state by a broken, dysfunctional and dangerous death penalty system -- a system that had seen 20 men exonerated and released over the past several years.