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.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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WAND

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.

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mystateline.com

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.

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Belleville News-Democrat

Notice of Election of ISBA Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

At the December 12, 2025 meeting of the ISBA Assembly, two “Under 35” Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, one from Cook County and one from outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA, in good standing, and from the appropriate area at the time the ABA term commences. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June 2026 and will join the ISBA delegation in August at the ABA annual meeting in Chicago.

A man accused of firing a gun in the air during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in Utah more than two years before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, according to authorities and newly unsealed court records.

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RiverBender.com

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against PMJ Enterprises Inc. and its owner and president alleging that the Chicago-based construction company misclassified workers as independent contractors and failed to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime wages.

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Chicago Construction News

Legal technology leader Clio announced Monday that it completed its $1 billion acquisition of vLex, a legal intelligence and global research platform that includes Vincent AI and vLex Fastcase.

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ABA Journal

Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.

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Chicago Tribune

The Trump administration told the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Judge Sara Ellis’ order is ‘overbroad and unworkable,’ and it asked the appeals court for a stay.

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Chicago Sun-Times