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Dozens of families are taking legal action in a bid to stop a suburban Chicago school district from allowing a transgender student to use a girls' locker…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Civil rights advocates are trying to prepare Illinois cities with so-called nuisance laws about too many police calls for new…
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The City Of Peoria will pay a cash settlement to the man had his home raided after he created a parody Twitter account of Mayor Jim Ardis. The settlement…
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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is trying to avoid oversight by a court-appointed monitor. Attorneys representing DCFS and the…
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An attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union says he’s hopeful Illinois’ troubled child welfare system will make some big changes.The ACLU’s Ben…
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A federal judge is signing off on an interim plan to address recent scandals in Illinois’ child welfare system. Last month, an IPR investigation found…
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A federal judge has granted more time to state attorneys to respond to an American Civil Liberties Union motion that the Illinois Department of Children…
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The American Civil Liberties Union has a long-standing lawsuit against Illinois’ child welfare system. And now they’re threatening to apply that lawsuit…
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The American Civil Liberties Union is taking Illinois’ child welfare system to court for not effectively monitoring children in its care.The ACLU has been…
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Governor Pat Quinn doesn't have plans to unilaterally halt consent searches by the state police he oversees.Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union…