On March 20, 2025, U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman approved a nationwide class-action settlement that grants class members a 23% equity stake in Clearview AI. The settlement, outlined in a 36-page order, is a first-of-its-kind resolution to privacy litigation involving alleged violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and other state laws.

A standoff went on for some nine hours Tuesday evening, after an armed man prompted a lockdown at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

A suburban Republican lawmaker has filed a resolution for Illinois to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rep. Patrick Sheehan (R-Lockport) told WAND News that ICE officers and their families deserve to be protected from harassment and assault.

Last week the party nominated a diverse slate for a record-low number of vacant judicial positions open to countywide voting.

Mackenzi Felmlee fell through the safety net of doctors, judges, lawyers, social workers, teachers, child welfare organizations and the state agency charged with protecting abused and neglected children in Illinois until she was found bruised and struggling to breathe at the bottom of the basement stairs in a Fairview Heights foster home.

The U.S. Department of Justice added its voice this month to a lawsuit by private entities accusing the state of Illinois of failing to properly maintain a statewide voter registration list, in violation of a 1993 federal law.