Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Bridget C. Duignan, currently a Circuit Judge in the 19th Subcircuit in Cook County, was installed as president of the Illinois State Bar Association yesterday at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Chicago. Duignan is the 149th president of the Association.
State lawmakers passed more than 400 bills over the last five months, but the spring legislative session that concluded over the weekend will be remembered more for what legislators didn’t get done before the clock ran out.
Jamie Snow and Bart McNeil have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to hear appeals of their murder convictions following multiple failed appeals over the past years.
More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and will make their way to the governor, including measures touching on drug approval, college admissions and foster placement.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief on Friday opposing the Trump administration's ban on transgender military service. This brief supports the lawsuit Shilling v. Trump, brought by current and aspiring transgender service members, including U.S. Navy Commander Emily Shilling.