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Yesterday, in a series of interviews marking his first year in office, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said that a “big part” of his administration’s plan going forward would be to seek release from court oversight in various federal consent decrees to which the State of Illinois has agree
Superintendent Cates’ intemperate and inflammatory statements this afternoon are disappointing. Clearly, the District remains committed to a path of discrimination and division, rather than moving toward healing, understanding and inclusion.
UPDATE 12/4/2015 4:00 p.m. School District 211 issued a press release suggesting that the OCR was acting in “bad faith” on the settlement affecting our client, and threatening an “emergency board meeting to discuss action, including the potential retraction of the agreem
This has been a remarkable few days in Chicago.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois joins all Chicagoans in expressing our deep condolences to the family of Laquan McDonald, the young man killed by a Chicago
We regret that Governor Bruce Rauner, in the wake of the horrible terrorist attacks in Paris, joined the backlash against Syrian refugees. These refugees – fleeing the horror and violence of extremists in Syria – should not be victims anew because of the actions of a few individuals in Paris.