Courts
Trump DOJ seeking major role in landmark Supreme Court Second Amendment hearing(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Justice Department informed the Supreme Court Wednesday that it wished to take part in oral arguments regarding a major Second Amendment case. Read More
Courts
Catholic nuns sue Illinois over law forcing them to help terminally ill patients kill themselves(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Catholic Church in Illinois is challenging the Democrat-led state’s recently passed assisted suicide law in court. Chicago’s archbishop, Cardinal Blase Cupich, joined… Read More
Courts
Planned Parenthood whistleblower says she was fired after reporting illegal 28-week abortionA former Planned Parenthood executive says the abortion group fired her after she reported an illegal abortion at about 28 weeks of pregnancy. Jacqueline C. Colyer filed… Read More
Public Education
Parent group raises concerns over Glenbrook North course(The Center Square) – A Lake County parent advocacy leader is raising concerns about Glenbrook North High School’s “Contemporary Social Themes” course, questioning whether students are being taught to… Read More
Culture
Two more women injured at Illinois abortion facilitiesA woman and a 16-year-old girl suffered medical problems at two Illinois abortion facilities last month, requiring both to go to the hospital. The first incident happened at… Read More
Government
Pritzker calls ICE operation a campaign of ‘terror,’ feds say Illinois sanctuary laws shield violent gangsThe governor of Illinois is doubling down on sanctuary policies and describing federal immigration enforcement as a campaign of “terror,” even as federal officials point to a rising tide… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools may ‘effectively shut down’ this month without short-term financing, superintendent warnsIn the latest financial fiasco to beset Chicago Public Schools, the district’s CEO warned parents in an email that its school year may not start Aug. 24 as scheduled. Read More
Culture
WATCH: Cubs fan goes viral for slapping young man sitting during national anthemAn older man has gone viral after slapping a younger man who remained seated during the national anthem at a Chicago Cubs game. The incident occurred during Sunday’s… Read More
Culture
“We came just to bring a little bit of Missouri to the Great American State Fair”: Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas at the Great American State Fair(Editor’s note: A series on The Great American State Fair, held in Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday, written by Heartlander News interns.) Far from… Read More
Culture
State protections for religious liberty: Arkansas, Tennessee rank top in fifth annual reportIn an annual report ranking state protections for religious liberty, Arkansas placed first, followed by Tennessee, while New York ranked last. “Religious liberty… Read More
Government
Pritzker signs data-shielding abortion bill despite warnings from medical professionalsIllinois Democrats have erected a digital wall around abortion and sex-change treatment records with the signing of a new law. Gov. JB Pritzker signed… Read More
Government
Analysis: Blue state property tax ‘doom’ hits commercial real estate, then homeownersIn high-tax blue states, the property tax burden is becoming so large that it acts as a reverse tax capitalization, pushing prices down, according to newly released real estate… Read More
Culture
Illinois’ assisted suicide law preys on the disabled, lawsuit alleges(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A new law is under fire for allegedly making it easier for doctors to let disabled patients kill themselves. A physician, two disabled… Read More
Government
WATCH: ‘This is why we need choice’: Rep. Owens blasts Chicago superintendent over failing scores, gender material in schoolsRep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, excoriated Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Macquline King at a recent congressional hearing for prioritizing gender material in schools while the majority of… Read More
Government
New department to oversee childcare background checks, billions in grants(The Center Square) – The new state Department of Early Childhood is set to begin operating in full as of July 1. The department’s allocations in the coming year’s… Read More
Courts
Disability rights groups challenge NY, IL assisted suicide lawsDisability rights groups filed two federal lawsuits last week to stop New York and Illinois from legalizing assisted suicide later this year. The End Assisted Suicide coalition… Read More
Government
Gov. Pritzker pledges to sign Illinois abortion, sex-change record-privacy bill passed in final hour of sessionIllinois Democrats used the final hours of the legislative session to shield abortion records and restrict foster care parental rights, even as a taxpayer-funded abortion expansion collapsed at the finish line. Read More
Public Education
Illinois to require bell-to-bell student phone ban in public schools(The Center Square) – Legislation to ban the use of cell phones by students from bell-to-bell officially passed both chambers in the Illinois Capitol on Sunday, sending the bill… Read More
Courts
Illinois mom files federal lawsuit after school district secretly transitioned her child behind her backAn Illinois school district is facing a federal class-action lawsuit over claims it secretly transitioned a minor student’s gender identity at school. The mother of a high school student enrolled… Read More
Government
Illinois lawmakers attempting to rush abortion, sex-change bills in session’s final weeksIllinois lawmakers are aggressively advancing a slate of controversial bills aimed at expanding abortion access, altering medical record transparency and bypassing parental rights. The legislative session ends May 31, and pro-life advocates are… Read More