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New report calls for additional action to reduce carbon emissions in Illinois.
09/18/2026

New report calls for additional action to reduce carbon emissions in Illinois.

Illinois' new climate plan calls for more electric vehicles, clean energy and efficiency to reach net zero by 2050.

Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep tr...
09/18/2026

Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep track.

Thousands of reports reveal deaths, violence, restraints and other incidents inside Illinois county jails.

AFSCME Council 31 filed a lawsuit this week in Union County alleging the state has violated three state laws with its pl...
09/18/2026

AFSCME Council 31 filed a lawsuit this week in Union County alleging the state has violated three state laws with its plans to significantly downsize the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, laying off 500 workers, eliminating all 75 of its psych beds and all but 40 beds for people with developmental disabilities.

Choate workers' union is suing Illinois to block plans to cut beds and roughly half the workforce at the facility.

Fifteen more Chicago-area residents took the first step to sue the Department of Homeland Security, their attorneys anno...
09/17/2026

Fifteen more Chicago-area residents took the first step to sue the Department of Homeland Security, their attorneys announced Thursday.

Fifteen residents filed claims against DHS alleging excessive force and wrongful detention during Operation Midway Blitz.

Illinois is seeking federal help cleaning up from August storms, but aid is not promised under the Trump administration.
09/16/2026

Illinois is seeking federal help cleaning up from August storms, but aid is not promised under the Trump administration.

Illinois is seeking FEMA disaster aid for eight counties hit by tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding in August.

As state and local leaders reflect on the ways Operation Midway Blitz shaped Chicago communities, Gov. JB Pritzker says ...
09/15/2026

As state and local leaders reflect on the ways Operation Midway Blitz shaped Chicago communities, Gov. JB Pritzker says it’s “near impossible” to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González without cooperation from federal authorities. Maggie Dougherty reports ➡️ https://buff.ly/w4OXgY0

Illinois leaders mark one year since Operation Midway Blitz as investigations into federal immigration actions continue.

A new Trump administration rule set to take effect Friday will allow immigration officers broader authority to deny gree...
09/15/2026

A new Trump administration rule set to take effect Friday will allow immigration officers broader authority to deny green cards to those who have legally been using public aid like Medicaid and food stamps.

Illinois and Chicago are suing to block a Trump rule tying legal immigrants' use of public benefits to green cards.

Voting by mail can proceed as usual. Court blocks Trump administration restrictions.
09/15/2026

Voting by mail can proceed as usual. Court blocks Trump administration restrictions.

The Supreme Court blocked Trump administration rules that would have restricted mail-in voting before the midterms.

David Risley is a former federal prosecutor who briefly served as Gov. Bruce Rauner’s director of public safety policy. ...
09/15/2026

David Risley is a former federal prosecutor who briefly served as Gov. Bruce Rauner’s director of public safety policy. He was also an investigator and ethics advisor in the LIG’s office.

Illinois' ethics commission named David Risley acting legislative inspector general after Michael McCuskey's resignation.

A pending federal proposal would roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prevents road construction and tim...
09/15/2026

A pending federal proposal would roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prevents road construction and timber harvesting on millions of acres of federal forest land, including in the Shawnee National Forest.

A Trump administration proposal could open protected areas of Illinois' Shawnee National Forest to logging and drilling.

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