The Illinois Bivens Act would ensure that essential community spaces like hospitals, courthouses, universities and daycare centers remain safe for all residents, regardless of their immigration status. This measure also requires a 1,000-foot safety zone around courthouses, including sidewalks, parkways and nearby streets.

Though he has said he believes the company's position would lead to legally "absurd" results, a federal judge will still allow freight railroad giant Union Pacific to ask an appeals court to determine if an exemption under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy that shields governments from costly privacy lawsuits also should extend to also protect government contractors, like Union Pacific.

Federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign will be indefinitely restricted from using riot control weapons like pepper balls and tear gas without adequate justification and warning after a federal judge’s ruling Thursday.

Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the ‘Clean Slate’ Act during last week’s veto session.

A Chicago police sergeant who allegedly was sexually harassed by her former supervisor has filed a federal lawsuit against the city — seeking class status to represent scores of Chicago Police Department officers — alleging CPD’s internal affairs improperly pauses investigations when the same allegations are raised in litigation or to outside oversight agencies.

Patrol Chief Jon Hein faced a flood of criticism — from ex-cops, internet trolls and members of his own department — after his officers were ordered not to respond to the Oct. 4 shooting in Brighton Park.