Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Illinois could soon increase access to behavioral healthcare and substance use treatment by improving insurance adequacy. The mental health parity plan is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk after three years of hard work by state lawmakers.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now.
America First Legal filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, asking for an investigation into the law, which requires mental health screenings for students in grades 3-12 without parental consent.
Dueling legal interpretations of what constitutes “regular forces” are at the heart of briefings now positioned before the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court prepares to rule on President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois.
A Palatine police officer told a crowd gathering around an immigration arrest to back up - then as people watched, the officer knelt down and secured the hand of a man agents were in the process of detaining, according to body camera video obtained by the Tribune.