At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by the president.

Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Tuesday over an order that suspended its security clearance, limited access to federal buildings by its lawyers, and sought to end funding of government contractors that hire the law firm.

La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro announced that the Illinois Supreme Court has awarded a Court Technology Modernization Grant in the amount of $171,980 to La Salle County courts.

The U.S. Department of Justice has been granted judicial leave to intervene in the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ suit against the State of Illinois challenging the state’s diversity, equity, and inclusion law requiring nonprofit organizations to make certain demographic data public on their websites.

Known as IGaming, legalization would allow any tablet, phone, laptop, desktop etc. to access online gambling websites. Customers could join a virtual table and play some card games or play slots on the phone screen. These would all use real money.

How courts are handling Illinois’ end to cash bail is the subject of two cases heard by the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Education is moving to reduce its staff by nearly 50% through layoffs, buyouts and terminations. The most consequential move came Tuesday when the department announced layoffs affecting over 1,300 workers. This comes as President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive action to “take all necessary steps to facilitate” the closure of the Education Department, according to a draft of the action obtained by several news organizations.