Illinois schools will soon be required to provide additional training on service animals under a new law sponsored by State Senator Doris Turner. The measure expands existing Americans with Disabilities Act training for teachers, administrators, and school staff to include guidance on the proper handling of service animals in school settings.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday that officially recognizes gambling disorder as an addiction in Illinois. The legislation, Senate Bill 2749, updates the state’s existing Substance Use Disorder Act to codify gambling addiction under the same framework as alcohol and drug use disorders, allowing the Illinois Department of Human Services’ behavioral health division to offer programs and support to compulsive gamblers and affected families.

Rep. Mary Miller is celebrating a federal ruling stating Illinois laws helping undocumented immigrants receive in-state tuition and financial aid are unconstitutional. Yet, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a separate plan into law last month to protect college access for undocumented immigrants and other groups.

Justice Sanjay T. Tailor of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a standing Judicial Screening Committee. The Committee has been formed for the purpose of assessing the qualifications of those who apply for appointment to vacancies in the Supreme Court’s First District - Cook County.

Saying to find otherwise would leave him with no option other than to allow the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court — the very people he is suing ­— to control the fate of his case, a former Cook County judge has asked a federal appeals court to carve a path forward in federal court for his claims that Illinois' top state court judges trampled his personal and professional rights by abruptly ousting him for supporting President Donald Trump.

The law requires law enforcement to tell survivors they can request to be interviewed by an officer of their sex or gender. It also states police should inform survivors they can have a support person with them during the interview.

On Friday, Judge David W. Dugan ruled Illinois’ RISE Act and DREAM Act policies as “unconstitutional and invalid” as applied to undocumented students. Dugan ruled that the policies violate federal law by providing residency-based college benefits to undocumented students while not extending the same benefits to all U.S. citizens who live outside the state.

New “mega master” hearings that began in Chicago in May are calling as many as 185 immigrants to a single small courtroom. Many immigrants, fearful and unable to find a lawyer on short notice, are missing critical court dates.