Daily Legal News Archive

Thursday, June 26, 2025

The personal data, including immigration statuses, of Medicaid enrollees in Illinois could be used to help the federal government locate those who lack legal status.

From: 
Chicago Sun-Times

A new ordinance in Tolono aims to hold juveniles and their parents or legal guardians responsible for unlawful acts and misconduct. 

From: 
WAND

A southern Illinois lawmaker is calling for reforms at the U.S. Postal Service processing center that serves much of the region.

From: 
WSIU

The fight to prove a family’s innocence of a murder they were convicted of is coming down to DNA samples, which their defense lawyers say prove they did not commit the crime.

From: 
WCIA

Evidence of Dee Ann Schippert’s gambling is allowed to be presented in court, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Schippert, the former Administrator of the Iroquois County Public Health District, is facing 33 felony counts, including theft of government property, forgery and official misconduct.

From: 
WCIA

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined another multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds that had previously been approved for states and other grantees.

From: 
ABC 7

A new Illinois state "workplace privacy" law threatens employers with state regulatory actions, lawsuits and fines if they don't follow a series of stringent new state rules when using the federal E-Verify system to screen out illegal immigrants not authorized to work in the U.S.

From: 
Legal Newsline

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville brought science and justice to life during the inaugural Forensic Murder Mystery Camp, held June 9–13 at the Southwestern Illinois Justice & Workforce Development Campus in Belleville.

From: 
Illinois Business Journal