Thursday, September 4, 2025
The nearly 30,000 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons may begin having their mail scanned and subjected to other security measures following reports that those incarcerated and staff members who work in state prisons were in danger of being exposed to harmful chemicals from illegal drugs and other substances being smuggled into the facilities.
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Illinois officials for providing in-state tuition benefits and financial aid to immigrant students without legal status who are attending the state’s public universities and community colleges.
In a legal brief, Kwame Raoul and 19 other attorneys general argue that Homeland Security policy inflicts “irreparable harms” on immigrants and wastes taxpayer dollars.
The Illinois State Board of Elections sent a letter to Department of Justice officials on Tuesday saying that sharing such information would put the privacy of Illinoisans at risk.
A former Duane Morris partner pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to charges of domestic abuse against his wife and interfering with her 911 call.