A new state law will empower schools to punish students who use artificial intelligence to bully other kids The law will ban students from using a digital replica to bully one of their peers and asking an AI algorithm to create explicit images of students.

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WAND

A local group is filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service that aims to block a proposed 70-acre logging project in the Bell Smith Springs area of Southern Illinois.

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The Southern Illinoisan

A new Illinois law will create a student investment program within the state treasurer's office.

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WAND

The U.S. Department of Justice is insisting Illinois election officials hand over the state’s entire computerized voter registration database, including sensitive information such as driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers.

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Capitol News Illinois

The Department of Children and Family Services violated state law, according to a recent audit. The Illinois Auditor General found 34 violations in the latest audit of the embattled agency.

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News Channel 20

A petition filed last week in Adams County Circuit Court to compel Texas state legislators to return to their home state to vote in a special session for a midterm remap of the state’s Congressional districts was thrown out by one of the local judges in the circuit.

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WLDS

President Donald Trump recently said his administration was considering reclassifying cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug and that a decision could be made “over the next few weeks.”

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Chicago Sun-Times

A newly signed law in Illinois expands the definition of bicycles to include low-speed electric bikes. That means those riding e-bikes or tricycles, for example, are now defined as bicyclists.

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The State Journal-Register

Justice Lyle Installed as Chair of the Judicial Council at 54th Annual Thurgood Marshall Luncheon

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

On Tuesday, July 30, 2025, the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association hosted its 54th Annual Thurgood Marshall Luncheon at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago. This year’s luncheon marked a historic moment as Illinois Appellate Court Justice Freddrenna M. Lyle was sworn in by Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and installed as the new Chair of the Judicial Council.