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15 residents filed complaints against Homeland Security for Midway Blitz harms
The civil process seeks monetary damages, as residents continue waiting for local law enforcement to pursue criminal investigations.
Public defense reform advances as Illinois moves to hire statewide public defender
Illinois’ 2023 abolition of its cash bail system revealed profound resource shortages in public defender offices around the state.
Southern Illinois man who printed unregistered 3D guns sentenced to 8 years
Yaraslov Vishnevski, 33, of Harrisburg, was convicted by a jury of five weapons-related charges and was sentenced to eight years...
Judge declines to block Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of Sept. 12 start
Illinois’ “medical aid in dying” law will go into effect as scheduled Saturday after a judge sided against disability rights...
DCFS tells judge it will comply with records request in 2024 death of foster child
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller is required to appear in Sangamon County Court next month.
SIUE lecturer charged $100K in personal items to university credit card, feds say
The SIUE lecturer did not show up for his court date Wednesday.
Judge orders federal logging project halted in Shawnee National Forest
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National...
Illinois to receive up to $768M in Meta settlement over teen social media addiction
Attorney General Kwame Raoul one of many state AGs who investigated and sued Meta.
Carbondale educator accused of exploiting young girl in violent online ‘cult’
He encouraged the girl to send sexually explicit videos of herself, as well as videos of her cutting herself.
Possible ComEd 4 retrial up in the air months after 7th Circuit ordered prison release for 2
Four months after a federal appeals court ordered two of the “ComEd Four” released from prison, a federal judge is...
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