law Affluent parents surrender custody of their kids to "scam" their way into needs-based college scholarships Cory Doctorow
Business Illinois almost passed a bill that banned devices that record you without your consent — and then Big Tech stepped in Cory Doctorow
corruption Chicago's first gay, Black, woman mayor won all 50 wards, defeating the machine candidate with an anti-corruption campaign Cory Doctorow
corruption Illinois's "anti-corruption" Republican governor handed out $300,000 in cash at a campaign rally Cory Doctorow
law Illinois votes to eliminate inmates' doctor visit co-pays, equivalent to one month's wages Cory Doctorow
police Colorado cop corrects would-be dog-slaughtering Illinois officer about drug-sniffing after marijuana legalization Cory Doctorow
class war Western Illinois coroner will hold your family's ashes hostage for $1,000, won't produce a death certificate without payment Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets A who's-who of tech manufacturers sent scaremongering letters to the Illinois legislature to kill Right to Repair Cory Doctorow
elections In Chicago primaries, a string of defeats for the Democratic establishment at the hands of progressive Democrats Cory Doctorow
illinois Hereditary ultraestablishment Democrat Dan Lipinski funded by railroad industry, whose safety regs he has held at bay Cory Doctorow
Democrats Illinois Democratic Party Chair is funding mailers smearing progressive Democrats with ridiculous lies Cory Doctorow
gop The GOP candidate who would represent a suburban Chicago district is an open Holocaust denier, white supremacist and anti-Semite Cory Doctorow
Democrats Meet Hereditary Congressman Dan Lipinski, an anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ Illinois "Machine Democrat" who opposes the $15 minimum wage Cory Doctorow
security Ars Technica's Dan Goodin is being sued by Keeper Security over an article about a defect in its password manager Cory Doctorow
politics An Illinois gubernatorial hopeful will spring all low-level drug offenders from jail Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Federal magistrate judge in Illinois rules that being forced to unlock your phone with a fingerprint could violate your rights Cory Doctorow
Business Wells Fargo started demanding fraud of its employees in 1998; Illinois cuts Wells off from state business Cory Doctorow
corruption Illinois prisons spy on prisoners, sue them for rent on their cells if they have any money Cory Doctorow
