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ACLU of Illinois Responds to Supreme Court Decision Further Gutting Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Groups File FOIA Request Seeking Records on Politically and Racially Motivated Child Care Funding Restrictions

Request demands transparency into the nationwide new “Defend the Spend” policy affecting billions in child care funding

Downstate Woman Sues Over Forced Labor Induction in Illinois Prison