On Friday, UChicago Medicine abruptly announced that they would cease providing gender affirming care to patients under the age of 19 years old, even though that care is lawful in the State of Illinois.

In Illinois, gender-affirming care for youth and adults is available, legal, and protected.

A group of multifaith and non-religious Jefferson County taxpayers and residents filed suit in state court today, seeking to remove a nearly seven-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of the Jefferson County Courthouse.

House Bill 1628 is a significant step forward in our efforts to understand how civil asset forfeiture is being used in our state and to guard against any abuse of the system.

An Illinois National Guard employee has filed a class action complaint to the Army National Guard Bureau Equal Opportunity Office (NGB-EO) challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms and other accommodations aligned with their gender.

Today, a coalition of parents and Head Start providers filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s coordinated and unlawful efforts to dismantle the Head Start program, which would be catastrophic for the millions of people who rely on it.

A coalition of twenty youth justice, civil rights and legal reform organizations today sent a letter to the members of the Chicago City Council encouraging them to reject a proposal for “snap” curfews across the city when it is considered in the coming weeks.

As organizations who have worked tirelessly to advance and expand access to the ballot across Illinois for many years, we condemn the President’s blatant overreach aimed at changing the progress we have made in our state. President Trump would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.