Convening an Electoral Board: What It’s All About and Why It Has To Happen This Week

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

Local municipal and township council have the responsibility to convene an electoral board whenever objections arise for the nomination of municipal and township offices. For municipalities, these offices include president, mayor, clerk, trustee, alderperson, and municipal library board, whereas township offices include assessor, clerk, trustee, supervisor, and highway commissioner.

Beginning in the new year, all libraries in Illinois will be required to have medications available for people experiencing an opioid overdose and to train their staff to recognize the signs of an overdose.

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WCIA

A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House of Representatives for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The appellate court upheld a previous court ruling that mandated public access to the most serious cases involving alleged misconduct by Chicago Police Department officers.

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ABC 7

A federal judge on Friday denied former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal arguments that he should remain out of prison while his appeal of both his corruption convictions and 7 ½ year sentence play out.

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Capitol News Illinois

Students and teachers will soon return to classrooms carrying books, making new friends, and starting another year — ready to learn. Along with students, new laws are implemented each year concerning districts and classrooms in Illinois.

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The State Journal-Register

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Seeks Attorney (Litigation Focused)

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, a not-for-profit organization with a long and successful history of civil rights enforcement and advocacy, seeks an attorney to join our legal team and work to address systemic racism and advance economic opportunity, applying creative legal strategies through a community-driven advocacy model. The attorney will serve in the position as a Program Counsel or Senior Counsel depending on years of legal experience.

Most officers accused of serious misconduct have already opted to take their disciplinary cases to arbitration as an appellate court panel considers whether such proceedings can be held behind closed doors.

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Chicago Sun-Times

A Southern Illinois federal judge won’t end a class action alleging Kroger violated a state consumer fraud law by allegedly misleading customers about how many cups of joe they can get from a package of coffee.

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Legal Newsline

Valentina Galvis’ detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detention.

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Injustice Watch