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Durbin Questions Telecommunication Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On Arctic Frost

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing entitled “Arctic Frost Accountability: Oversight of Telecommunications Carriers’ Responses to Jack Smith’s Witch Hunt.” Instead of allowing Jack Smith to testify, Senate Judiciary Republicans are proceeding with a wasteful series of eight subcommittee hearings to relitigate the 2020 presidential

Attorney General Raoul Obtains 48-Year Prision Sentence For Jefferson County Man Who Disseminated Child Sexual Abuse Material

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a Mt. Vernon, Illinois man was sentenced to 48 years in prison for disseminating child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. Dustin Phillips, 34, was sentenced today by Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Jerry E

Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Opposing Repeal Of Reporting Requirements That Expose Race And Ethnicity-Based Disparities In Special Education

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CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a U.S. Department of Education proposal to remove certain reporting requirements that help the department uncover significant disproportionality in the identification and placement of children in special education programming and in the discipline of children, based on race and ethnicity. “Data and research have shown for decades that students are disproportionately

Durbin, Reed, Delauro Introduce American Business For American Companies Act

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today reintroduced the bicameral American Business for American Companies Act, legislation that would extend the year-to-year government wide ban on federal contracts for inverted corporations by moving it out of the annual appropriations process and into permanent law. Corporate inversions allow U.S. companies to shift their corporate citizenship

Attorney General Raoul Encourages Parents, Caregivers To Learn More About Protections Against Online Exploitation For Safer Internet Day

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CHICAGO – In recognition of Safer Internet Day on Feb. 10, Attorney General Kwame Raoul encouraged families, educators and other professionals working with children to talk to children about ways to protect themselves from exploitation online and what to do if they end up in an unsafe online situation. “On Safer Internet Day and every day, families and educators can help children learn how to use technology responsibly,” Raoul said. “New technology, such as artificial

Congresswoman Mary Miller Meets With Education Secretary Linda McMahon

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Mary Miller said she met with Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, to talk about “the future of education in America,” framing the discussion around shifting education authority away from Washington and toward parents and states. “It was a pleasure welcoming Secretary Linda McMahon to my office today to discuss the future of education in America,” Miller wrote in a social media post. Miller, a former teacher,