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CHICAGO— Last month, the Department of Justice issued letters to 29 jurisdictions across the country, including to the State of Illinois,
In 2012, a store in Colorado refused to sell two men a cake for their wedding reception just because they were gay.
A Palatine High School student today asked a court to force a suburban Chicago school district to comply with state law and permit the student to use the locker room so that she could take gym.
Below is a statment from Colleen Connell, Executive Director, ACLU of Illinois on the Trump Administration's latest attack on the Muslim community:
In the coming weeks, as most Americans prepare for the holidays, the Trump appointed Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, will attempt to repeat net neutrality and infringe upon the open internet that Americans enjoy today. Net neutrality prevents internet service providers
Yesterday, the US Department of Justice issued letters to 29 jurisdictions – including the State of Illinois – threatening to withhold federal law enforcement grant money from these jurisdictions based on a flawed application of a federal law that prohibits state and local policies that restrict