American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers ...

When a child’s name no longer suits them due to a familial change ... State laws govern the name change process for minors, often requiring consent from multiple parties and an in-person ...

Within days of Trump’s inauguration, the Justice Department’s new chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, sent a pair of memos ordering ...

Just one month into the year, the city already has run through well over half of the $82 million that Mayor Brandon Johnson set aside for 2025 to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments. And ...

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The Republicans plan to put an end — as much as possible — to the “consent decree” racket that Barack ... us that the federal bureaucracy, the suits in Washington, know what’s best ...

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New attorney Agostino said he'd withdraw from lawsuit filed against school corporation. Corbett denied connection to "police tapes" case.

Executive Order 11246, which President Donald Trump gleefully revoked the day after his inauguration, may be unfamiliar to ...