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Attorney General Raoul Charges Will County Woman Over Fraudulent Facebook Marketplace Purchases
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that his office charged a suburban Will County woman for allegedly purchasing three vehicles via Facebook Marketplace using fake identification and fraudulent checks. -
Attorney General Raoul Announces Legislation to Expand Worker Protections Against Retaliation
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced legislation that would protect workers from retaliatory conduct by employers, strengthen current protections under state law and codify the authority of Raoul’s Workplace Rights Bureau to investigate and hold employers who retaliate or threaten to retaliate accountable. -
Attorney General Raoul Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Ftc to Strengthen Online Safety, Privacy Protections for Minors
Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). -
Attorney General Raoul Releases Preliminary Report on Illinois Law Enforcement Compliance With Way Forward Act
Attorney General Kwame Raoul released preliminary statistics detailing compliance by Illinois law enforcement agencies with the first year of reporting requirements contained in the Way Forward Act. -
Foster declares Pritzker's venue law unconstitutional, refuses to transfer firearm liability challenge to Sangamon County
Madison County Associate Judge Ronald J. Foster Jr. declared Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s forum law favoring Cook and Sangamon County is unconstitutional and denied Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s motion to transfer an Alton gun store’s constitutional challenge to both the venue law and the firearm liability law. -
Attorney General Raoul Obtains Guilty Plea From Final Defendant in Statewide Burglary Ring
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that a Romeoville man prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for his role in a criminal operation that burglarized businesses and stole cash from video poker machines throughout Illinois. -
Attorney General Raoul Urges Dea to Move Forward With Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act in the interest of public health and safety. -
Attorney General Raoul Calls for Investigation Into Sale of Military-grade Ammunition to Civilians
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 19 attorneys general, called on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. -
Attorney General Raoul Highlights New Laws
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today highlighted three new laws initiated by his office that will go into effect Jan. 1. -
Attorney General Raoul Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Federal Rule Banning Bump Stocks
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 22 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal rule banning bump stocks, devices that effectively convert semiautomatic firearms into illegal and dangerous automatic weapons. -
Attorney General Raoul Obtains Guilty Plea From Former Coles County Assistant State’s Attorney Over Bribery and Misconduct
Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office obtained a guilty plea from a former assistant Coles County state’s attorney for misconduct involving interactions he had in his official capacity with Coles County women who were prosecuted by the state’s attorney’s office. -
'Stupid and unconstitutional:' Raoul blocked by federal judge from enforcing IL abortion 'misinformation' law
A Rockford federal judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by pro-life groups and so-called crisis pregnancy centers, who said Illinois, under Gov. JB Pritkzer and Attorney General Kwame Raoul, was attempting to use the new law to silence abortion opponents unconstitutionally -
Appeals court to decide if Raoul can kill off lawsuit, potentially embarrassing for Pritzker
IL A/G says plaintiff hasn't proven A/G is acting under political pressure to seek to dismiss a lawsuit against politically connected ex-state worker accused of defrauding state for $500K, allegedly under protection of Gov. JB Pritzker's office -
Chicago salt, sand distributor sued by IL Atty General for alleged environmental rule violations
The lawsuit from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul accuses Olympus Salt of allegedly running a salt distribution operation without permits for alleged particulate matter emissions -
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announces Attorney General Raoul Announces $462 Million Settlement With E-cigarette Manufacturer Juul Labs
Attorney General Kwame Raoul , along with six other attorneys general, announced a $462 million settlement with Juul Labs Inc. (Juul), one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of e-cigarettes. -
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief Opposing Ongoing Effort to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, today filed a brief in opposition to the ongoing, misguided effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. -
Attorney General Raoul Fights to Protect Retirement Savings
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, opposed a legislative effort to overturn a federal rule that helps protect employee retirement savings. -
'Recipe for increases in crime': Chicago cops warn IL Sup Ct cash bail abolition tramples courts, cops, favors criminals
The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police union filed a brief backing the constitutional challenges to the provisions in Illinois' SAFE-T Act abolishing cash bail. They warn Illinois should expect much more crime if the state is allowed to abolish cash bail, an action the police argue is unconstitutional -
Prosecutors ask IL Supreme Court to declare SAFE-T Act unconstitutional 'overreach,' weakens judges' power to safeguard the public
Sheriffs and prosecutors from 64 counties argue in a new brief that cash bail is enshrined in the state constitution, and can't be deleted without a vote of the people, simply because Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly say so -
McGlynn orders state officials to ‘provide illustrative examples’ of newly banned weapons, firearm accessories
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ordered Illinois state officials to “provide illustrative examples of each and every item banned” under the so-called Protect Illinois Communities Act in their response to a motion for statewide preliminary injunction. McGlynn ordered the detailed response on Feb. 13 after the defendants sought additional time to respond to the motion seeking to enjoin them from enforcing a ban on semi-automatic firearms and “high capacity” magazines.