Monday, October 20, 2025
As legal challenges to President Trump's push to send military troops to Democratic-led cities make their way through several courts, the administration's appeal to the high court marks the first time the justices have been asked to weigh in on the issue.
The chief judge for the Northern District of Illinois, which includes the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford, has announced that court employees will stop being paid and court operations will be reduced starting Oct. 18 because of the federal shutdown.
Illinois leads a 21-state coalition blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture from demanding sensitive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data as lawmakers and agency officials clash over work requirements, cost shifts and administrative errors that could cost the state hundreds of millions.
The Chicago Cubs appear to have quickly beaten class action lawsuits lobbed against them under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, which had accused them and certain security contractors of improperly scanning the faces of people visiting Wrigley Field.
Images of a slight Sonya Massey being fatally shot in the face by an imposing law enforcement officer inside her home in July 2024 shocked much of America.