The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Good Batch of Recent Submissions to Journal of Free Speech Law—but We're Looking for More

And we can publish them much more quickly than most major law reviews would.

Reason · Jan 23, 2023

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Wrongfully Jailed Children for Months, New Lawsuit Alleges

"Sometimes I even feel like they wanted me in there, because I was in there so long," said one 18-year-old who was wrongfully incarcerated for 166 days.

Reason · Jan 23, 2023

Illinois schools should teach media literacy as early as kindergarten

When large numbers of educated people believe without any basis that elections are stolen and vaccines are lethal, we have no choice but to move media literacy from the periphery to the center.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 23, 2023

50 years after Roe v. Wade, many abortion providers are changing how they do business

The overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision just months ahead of its 50th anniversary has prompted many abortion providers to shift how they serve patients.

WEKU · Jan 22, 2023

Foster Parent Second Amendment Case Sent Back to District Court in Light of Bruen

From yesterday's Seventh Circuit decision in Miller v. Smith, by Judges Joel Flaum, Ilana Rovner, and Michael Brennan: Appellants Darin and Jennifer Miller are both licensed foster home caretakers, and Jennifer Miller is licensed to operate a home day care. Illinois statutes and regulations restrict how the Millers may possess…

Reason · Jan 21, 2023

Downstate judge temporarily holsters assault weapons ban — for 865 gun owners and one gun shop

Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the decision in downstate Effingham County “disappointing,” but said he remains confident the courts will uphold the law he signed Jan. 10 banning the sale of assault weapons in Illinois and capping the size of magazines that could be sold.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 21, 2023

Bears 2022 WR review: New faces fail to make a difference

Our next Bears position review focuses on the wide receivers, a group that featured many new players who disappointed as a whole.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 21, 2023

Judge issues order blocking Illinois semiautomatic gun ban

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the new Illinois law banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2023

Judge temporarily blocks Illinois gun ban from being enforced on plaintiffs in lawsuit

CHICAGO — An Effingham County judge on Friday temporarily blocked Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 21, 2023

Illinois sheriffs inflamed public for no good reason by refusing to enforce assault weapons law

Law enforcement discretion is a long-accepted policy. But sheriffs issuing written statements flatly declaring they won’t enforce a state law no matter what sure does appear to go well beyond that.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023