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CHICAGO – Chicago police are now among the nation’s leaders in the use of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” practice, replacing New York City which had been notorious for the technique.
SPRINGFIELD – Budget cuts to the Department of Children and Family Services proposed by Governor Bruce Rauner in his budget message violate a long-standing federal consent decree and will be challenged.
CHICAGO -- Legislation introduced in Springfield aims to ensure that crime victims in Illinois are not further harmed by being evicted because the police were called to help them. The legislation, Senate Bill 1547, was introduced by State Senator Toi Hutchinson of Olympia Fields.
CHICAGO – An effort to place modest regulations around the use of powerful automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in Illinois began with the filing of Senate Bill 1753 by State Senator Daniel Biss.
CHICAGO – Citing risk of harm to thousands of children in the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the ACLU of Illinois has asked a federal judge to