CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a statement in support of Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s lawsuit filed against the Trump administration in response to its unlawful takeover of the National Guard to deploy troops to Portland. “I proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my colleague Attorney General Dan Rayfield as he challenges Donald Trump’s unlawful, un-American takeover of Oregon’s National Guard. And I absolutely condemn the president’s deployment of American servicemembers against their fellow Oregonians, in direct violation of the Constitution. “It is unlawful for the president to deploy National Guard units without the consent of and over the opposition of state and local leadership. It is unlawful under the Posse Comitatus Act for National Guard units to perform routine law enforcement functions, such as searches, seizures and arrests, that our local law enforcement officers conduct in our communities each day.
CHICAGO – Gov. Pritzker released the following statement in response to the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview: “The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview. Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remain in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety. “Whether it be in Broadview here in Illinois or in Portland, Oregon, the Trump Administration is intentionally creating chaos to threaten sending military troops to American cities and suburbs. The suggestion that chemical agents like tear gas or pepper spray could be used indiscriminately against peaceful demonstrators, or even first responders, is unacceptable and not normal. "Illinois will always defend Americans’ right to peacefully protest and make their voices heard. We denounce any violence against the general public, members of the media, and law enforcement
Heartbreaking news for Missouri sports fans, Marty Prather passed away Sunday from complications of respiratory distress.
Prather was known as the "Sign Man" for the large signs with clever sayings that he brought to Missouri State, Springfield and St. Louis Cardinals games.
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. – Today, 25 Southern Illinois Democratic County Chairs met in Mt. Vernon to discuss the impacts of the Trump Administration’s harmful agenda on rural communities in Southern Illinois and beyond. Leaders highlighted the escalating crisis in healthcare access, failing infrastructure, and the crushing toll tariffs are taking on local and regional farmers, just some of the devastating consequences of Trump’s failures. “Donald Trump’s agenda is devastating our rural communities. He’s recklessly cut healthcare access and education funding, all while our farmers are being crushed by his needless tariffs,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “It’s completely irresponsible and against the best interests of all Southern Illinoisians. They deserve people who will fight for them, and as long as I’m governor that’s what I’ll do every single day.” “Southern Illinois families deserve leaders wh
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a multistate coalition on Friday in opposing a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) effort targeting providers of gender-affirming care to minors. On July 28, the FTC issued a Request for Public Comment to solicit public information about gender-affirming care, especially as it relates to minors. According to Raoul and the coalition, the FTC’s request was a badly disguised effort to intimidate and interfere with the deeply private relationship between health care providers and the patients who rely on them for medically necessary gender-affirming care. “The Trump administration’s attempt to politicize an independent consumer-protection focused agency is unprecedented and the latest in a string of discriminatory laws and policies targeting the very existence of the transgender community. Relying on faulty pseudoscience to attempt to punish health care providers for upholding their medical oath is illegal and sets a dangerous
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s abrupt, needless and wasteful speech to much of our nation’s top military leadership on Tuesday, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)—members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)—pressed the Secretary on the serious risks that such a gathering poses to security—on top of the monstrous cost to American taxpayers as Republicans march us toward a government shutdown. In a letter to Secretary Hegseth, the Senators requested a briefing or detailed written answers to over a dozen questions, including what these additional flights, hotel rooms and other expenses will cost taxpayers, what impacts this meeting will have on operations around the globe in the absence of senior leadership and more. Emphasizing the impacts this meeting could have on security, the Senators wrote, “If reports are accurate, this gathering would represent an unprecedented
Axl Rose is launching his own graphic novel series.Axl Rose: Appetite for Destruction was created by the Guns N' Roses frontman and Nathan Yocum, co-founder of Sumerian Comics, which is publishing…
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging unlawful conditions the Trump administration is attempting to apply to longstanding reproductive and sexual health education programs for youth. The Trump administration is threatening to pull funding directed to states for these programs if the educational materials include language affirming young people’s gender identity. “This illegal action by the Trump administration is a cruel effort to deny comprehensive, inclusive sexual education to young people for purely political reasons,” Raoul said. “All students deserve to feel safe and supported at school, and I remain committed to standing up for the rights of LGBTQ+ students.” In Illinois, these federal grants at issue support comprehensive, evidence-based educational programming to reduce pregnancy, HIV and
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) announces that $19.6 million was returned to consumers this year from lost or unclaimed life insurance policies and annuities, thanks to the Life Policy Locator service available to consumers at no charge. “September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, an ideal time to remind Illinoisans to use the free Life Policy Locator tool on our website if they believe they are the beneficiary of a deceased loved one’s unclaimed policy,” said IDOI Director Ann Gillespie . “Illinois requires insurance companies to attempt to find the beneficiaries of deceased policyholders when life insurance or annuity proceeds remain unpaid. We want to help people claim those benefits.” The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) reports that millions of dollars in life insurance benefits remain unclaimed each year. Check for unclaimed life insurance policies at these sites: IDOI: Life Policy Locator
John Mozeliak, the longtime president of baseball operations for the St. Louis Cardinals, officially stepped away from the role, holding one final press conference Monday.
He reflected on eras defined by Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Matt Holliday, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, while remembering the loss of top prospect Oscar Taveras in 2014 as a pivotal blow.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has again petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court regarding birthright citizenship, this time on the merits of the administration’s effort to rewrite the constitutional right afforded to children born on U.S. soil. In two cases brought to the high court, lower courts kept in place a preliminary injunction against President Donald […]
State Sen. Angela Mosley and her sister, Rochelle Walton Gray, claim Shalonda Webb used "aggressive language, hostile insinuations, menacing movements."
Lawyers from national libertarian public interest law firm are challenging the city's blight declaration that could lead to eminent domain for redevelopment project.
Vermont, New York, Washington, New Jersey and Maine have the best combination of relatively low environmental risks and robust environmental policies, according to a report released this week. West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi ranked lowest on the 50-state scorecard produced by the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that advocates for health care improvements. Researchers […]
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