Rep. Welch Sponsors Legislation to Provide Tax Relief for Working Families
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Middle-class families would be able to keep more of their hard-earned money under legislation sponsored by state...
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Illinois Treasurer Frerichs Announces Online Auction of Unclaimed Property
March 27-31 Online Auction of Items Unclaimed for at Least 10 Years SPRINGFIELD, IL – Collectible coins, paper money, watches...
Former Chief Executive Officer And Chief Financial Officer Of China Medical Technologies Charged In A $400 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
Defendants misappropriated funds raised through two note offerings BROOKLYN, NY – A three-count indictment was unsealed this afternoon in...
Speaker Madigan, Harris Set Hearing on Trump Administration Medicaid Proposal
SPRINGFIELD, IL– Illinois Speaker Michael J. Madigan has directed state Rep. Greg Harris, chair of the House Appropriations-Human Services...
President Preckwinkle Joins Sen. Hastings and Rep. Nekritz In Proposing Expanded Expungement of Juvenile Records
Legislation to ease and expand the expungement of juvenile arrest records was announced today by Cook County Board President Toni...
Attorney General Madigan Seeks Prison Time for Egregious & Illegal Debt Collector
CHICAGO, IL— Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against a Cook County man for unauthorized debt collection practices in...
NAACP Praises Supreme Court Ruling on Racial Bias in Jury Deliberations
BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 in the case Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado that the Sixth Amendment to...
Illinois DOC: Repeat Gun Offender Bill Could Save $62 million
SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois Department of Corrections estimates that a measure targeting repeat gun offenders cosponsored by Senator Anthony...
Race & Justice News: Nine Black Women Elected To Circuit and District Court in Alabama
From: The Sentencing Project Nine black women were elected as circuit and district judges in Jefferson County, Alabama this November....
NAACP Responds to Renewed Muslim Ban
BALTIMORE, MD — The NAACP released the following statement regarding the most-recent Muslim Ban executive order from President Trump: ...
