Governor Pritzker announced the appointment of Heidi Mueller as the Next Director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

While the Council’s decision to reject the controversial arbitration clause for serious disciplinary cases is welcome, many of the remaining provisions of the contract fail to enforce the standards of transparency and accountability that the community demands.

U.S. District Court mandated steps to be taken by the Illinois Department of Corrections to care for prisoners who are transgender and gender non-conforming.

The Quincy City Council last night rejected a proposed ordinance that would declare the community a “sanctuary city for the unborn."

ACLU of Illinois strongly condemned a recent, secret vote by the Yorkville Board of Education to bar the inclusion of Just Mercy by civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson in an English course.

A report issued today by the Monitor overseeing the consent decree aimed at reforming the operations of the Chicago Police Department revealed that CPD has rejected recommendations on the department’s use of stop and frisk from community members.

Illinois implements the Pretrial Fairness Act and becoming the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bail.

The recent bomb threats targeting public libraries across the Chicago area cannot be a trigger for giving into those seeking to ban materials and displays from our public libraries. 

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Larry Snelling as the new Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.