The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies and the Liberty Justice Center filed the Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education stating that both the Illinois State Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools are complying with a state law “forcing students to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations with members of the opposite sex, based solely on self-declared ‘gender identity.’”

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general in 49 states and the District of Columbia are backing two veterans who say the government wrongly denied their college-age children educational benefits, despite a Supreme Court ruling last year that boosted such benefits.

SB2022 introduces a maximum number of patients that can be assigned per nurse, among other requirements, and includes anti-retaliation measures for employees that report hospitals in violation of the bill.

The pilot program is offering these tuition rates to six additional counties in Indiana, Iowa and Missouri, including 104 additional high schools.

“What these families are worried about is progressive, passive discrimination,” state Rep. Martin McLaughlin said. “… this is what’s happening when these students don’t go along with the agenda, and it’s wrong.”

House Bill 1283 would allow all municipalities, not just larger home rule communities, to impose a motor fuel tax on top of the state’s gas tax. Illinois’ state gas tax is 47 cents. If HB 1283 is enacted, all municipalities could increase the local gas tax by 3 more cents.

State Rep. Katie Stuart said her concerns were not necessarily about the impact the change would have on SIUE, but rather schools such as Northeastern Illinois University and Chicago State University that serve largely minority student populations. “If we’re not careful about what programs are allowed, that it could collapse the existing programs in those institutions, collapse their student base, and just make them not able to be operational,” she said. “And then we wouldn’t have a four-year institution serving those communities.”

Retired police chief Tom Weitzel: “Numerous states are drafting bills to protect officers, not to allow them to be legally attacked. There’s also federal legislation pending in Washington to protect officers injured or killed in the line of duty. Yet here in Illinois, we propose legislation permitting police to be battered and treated as though they are subhuman.”

In a joint letter sent to the IHSA’s Executive Director, Republican lawmakers requested a written response detailing how the association plans to adhere to President Trump’s executive order issued February 5, 2025. The order mandates the withdrawal of federal funds from educational programs that fail to provide fair athletic opportunities for women and girls.

The legislation also states that these services could be provided through in-person appointments, telehealth, or other licensed providers.

A new bill by State House Democrats would look to remove move-in fees from Illinoisan when they rent a new home. Right now, landlords are able to charge a move-in fee alongside a security deposit and other fees when renters move in.

At one point a man jumped on stage with Casten; The congressman told the crowd he’d leave the stage and call the police. In another instance, a woman in the audience stood up and yelled about U.S. support for Israel, at which point he asked her to sit down and why she was disrupting the event.

“We don’t have what right now looks like about $11 billion that we will lose to the state of Illinois. We don’t have $11 billion to fill in the gaps on education, health care,” said Gov. JB Pritzker.

A measure regulating homeschool and private schools in Illinois saw a record 90,000-plus public declarations of opposition, but an Illinois House committee ignored them March 19 and advanced the bill for a full House floor vote. By making private schools disclose the names, addresses and other information about their students, the state government is essentially requiring families’ religions to be disclosed.

Illinois taxes the sale of goods and products but not consumer services. The groups argue including consumer services in the state tax base would generate up to $2 billion annually for the state, funds that could benefit struggling public services such as education, transit and unfunded pension liabilities.