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The lawsuit is first filed under state hate crime laws.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul should investigate the manner of compensation of red light camera companies throughout the Chicagoland suburbs and Illinois.

The letter outlines concerns of gender discrimination ranging from the NFL’s treatment of women who have experienced domestic violence to the hiring and promotion of women in NFL offices. It comes as Congress investigates how the league has handled claims of sexual harassment in the front office of…

“Positive community interactions” sounds pleasant enough as a policing strategy. Who could deny the benefits of having Chicago police officers serve as messengers of goodwill in the neighborhoods that they serve?

The money will be distributed to local governments around the state to help battle the opioid crisis

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a petition for appeal, along with a motion for an emergency stay of a Sangamon County judge’s order to block enforcement of the rules. "Today, parents, teachers, school staff, and members of their communities are faced with impossible choices," the appeal argues.

"We’ve got to put an end to this executive fiat of running our state by executives that think tyrannical behavior is OK," said Tom DeVore, whose challenges to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 restrictions were mostly unsuccessful until this month. "And it’ll get nasty, but that’s OK. I’m not scared."

Kwame Raoul petitioned the Illinois Supreme Court to order Adams County Circuit Judge Robert K. Adrian — who had let the defendant off after serving just 148 days in jail — to impose a lawful sentence of four to 15 years in prison.

CHICAGO — After Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot downplayed her administration’s slow implementation of police reforms during a speech in 2020, a lawyer for the Illinois attorney general responded in court by criticizing the city’s handling of the consent decree.