Monday, June 16, 2025
President Donald Trump this weekend directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, including Chicago.
Months before a federal judge sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison on Friday, the once-mighty state Democratic Party chairman took the witness stand in his corruption trial in an attempt to save himself.
The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has called for an investigation into an Illinois police department after it violated state law by sharing data from automatic license plate readers.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 18 other attorneys general said the directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.”
In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers this year approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4%, for general operating expenses in Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.