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The EEOC is seeking to dismiss three cases in Illinois as well as one in Alabama, New York and California. In each instance, the original complaints allege discrimination against transgender or gender nonconforming workers.

McDonald’s and John Deere among major retailers and manufacturers retreating from DEI

“Affordability and jobs are potentially the victims of that trade war,” Pritzker said. “Tariffs are a tax paid for by consumers. In the end, it’s a tax on working families and on small businesses.”

U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general, including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, sued President Donald Trump.

Route 66 Motorheads Bar and Grill is a one-of-a-kind stop and is part automotive museum, part sports bar, and fully dedicated to celebrating America’s love affair with the open road.

One of the reasons Black History Month is celebrated in February is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12.

Jaime di Paulo, president of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, noted that small restaurants and retailers in Chicago’s biggest Latino neighborhoods closed, but most major employers as well as those in construction and other industries were operating normally.

Canada, Mexico are among Illinois’ top trading partners.

“I’m deeply concerned about his fitness to serve as FBI Director. He has neither the experience, the judgment, nor the temperament to head this critical agency.” – Sen. Dick Durbin

The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday afternoon.