Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Organized labor organizations and voting rights groups in Illinois are seeking to intervene as codefendants in a federal lawsuit in which the Trump administration is seeking access to the state’s complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive personal information about individual voters.
Before presiding over his courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building each morning, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was known to rise early and go to the gym.
The suit says the administration is overreaching in trying to condition funds that have already been signed off on by Congress. In Illinois, it would force government agencies to violate state laws such as the Illinois Human Rights Act.
The 47-year-old Chicago-based tax attorney was arrested in January while in custody in St. Joseph, Michigan.
A Cook County man was arrested after allegedly posing as a home services worker and stealing $15,000 in cash once he gained access to an elderly woman’s home in Crystal Lake.