ACLU

The ACLU of Illinois has concerns about implementation of new restrictions on soliciting and unattended property near and in Uptown Station. WGLT asked Mayor Chris Koos about the issue during a Sound Ideas interview.

The Town of Normal has rejected claims from the American Civil Liberties Union that its revised code of conduct in and around Uptown Station violates free speech and other rights.

A woman is suing the state of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging the state prison system forced her to give birth before she was due. Amy Hicks was in custody at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln in early 2024, held on a drug conviction. Over her objections, she was taken to a hospital and labor was induced two weeks before her due date.

The American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] of Illinois is responding to multiple civil liberties issues across the state, including the possibility of a camera company illegally sharing its data with federal immigration enforcement.

A series of flyers with a logo that evokes a swastika inside an American flag has caused alarm after being found on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus and at Miller Park.

The Town of Normal plans to retool a proposed ordinance regulating so-called pop-up parties and other large gatherings.

Privacy and cybersecurity experts tell Bloomington-Normal residents they need to worry more about containing their information.

Illinois has been historically strong in immigration. For decades, its numbers were right up there with the four border states near Mexico. That has ebbed in recent years, starting with the overall decline following the Great Recession and then during the Trump administration that imposed additional restrictions.

Black drivers in Bloomington were four times more likely to be pulled over by police than white drivers last year. That's an improvement over the last two years, but still more than double the state average.

A noted central Illinois jurist has taken aim at the criminal justice system, some rulings by the current Supreme Court, and the negative effect on the nation from the oft-recurring use of fear to shape political ends in the U.S.