Chicagoans 60 times more likely than New Yorkers to be stopped by police

By Austin Berg

03/25/2015

Chicago residents are stopped four times as often as New York City residents were at the height of that city’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

TAGS: good government, stop and frisk

Illinois law allows schools to demand students’ Facebook passwords

By Austin Berg

01/23/2015

Illinois schools can demand students’ social-media passwords under HB 4207.

TAGS: cyberbullying

Judge OKs Peoria SWAT raid over parody Twitter account

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/03/2014

If someone made fun of you on Twitter, how would you respond? If you’re Peoria, Illinois, Mayor Jim Ardis, you just pressure the police to raid the prankster’s home; and apparently the courts will back you up. Back in March, Jon Daniel of Peoria created the Twitter account “@peoriamayor” from which he sent out a...

Illinois corruption watch, June 2014

By Brian Costin, Anthony Trania

07/09/2014

Unfortunately for taxpayers, June was a groundbreaking month for corruption in Illinois. In June alone, there were reports of 85 corruption-related stories in the state. Some of the record-breaking highlights include the following: For the first time in 33 years, the Illinois Legislative Audit Commission exercised its subpoena powers in the issuance of a subpoena...

A step in the right direction: Gov. Quinn vetoes “watchdog tax” bill

By Brian Costin

07/06/2014

The Illinois General Assembly recently sent a bill to Gov. Pat Quinn that would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to fight public corruption through the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. The governor did not sign this bill – and that’s good news for Illinoisans. Illinois is already ranked as the...

TAGS: corruption, FOIA: Freedom of Information Act, Pat Quinn

Cook County asks voters if it’s OK to abridge First Amendment rights

By Chris Andriesen

11/02/2012

Diane Cohen General Counsel, Liberty Justice Center Cook County’s Nov. 6 ballot contains a series of advisory questions to voters, the results of which are nonbinding but often used to test – if not justify – future legislative initiatives. Placed on the ballot by vote of the Chicago City Council resolution, some of these questions...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules for School Choice

04/04/2011

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of school choice in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, a case involving Arizona’s private school scholarship tax credit program. The Supreme Court declared that the plaintiffs in the case lack standing to bring the challenge, reversing a decision by Ninth Circuit. From...

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Chicagoans 60 times more likely than New Yorkers to be stopped by police

Illinois law allows schools to demand students’ Facebook passwords

Judge OKs Peoria SWAT raid over parody Twitter account

Illinois corruption watch, June 2014

A step in the right direction: Gov. Quinn vetoes “watchdog tax” bill

Cook County asks voters if it’s OK to abridge First Amendment rights

U.S. Supreme Court Rules for School Choice

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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