Friday, May 8, 2026
After accusations flew in dueling legal filings earlier this week, a federal judge on Thursday officially dismissed the main conspiracy charge against the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters indicted last fall.
Illinois lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require many employers to continue paying workers their regular wages while they serve on a jury, an effort supporters say would remove a financial barrier to civic participation.
Many DACA recipients are seeing big delays, longer than six months, in renewals. Meantime, some have lost jobs. DACA recipients and immigration advocates say the delay is a way to force people out of the program that President Donald Trump has long opposed.
Experts in artificial intelligence spoke to state lawmakers recently, providing guidance on four bills introduced in the House, which would regulate and unlock legal remedies against AI companies, platforms, and products.
The second of two men who claim Chicago detectives coerced them into confessing to the "heinous" murder of a Chicago couple to allegedly help a woman steal the couple's baby has apparently reached a settlement with the city, just days after it was revealed Cook County's controversial former chief prosecutor had allowed them to obtain a key court document that allowed them to sue the city and former officers, even though she still believed he and his once-convicted accomplice were guilty.