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Do you enjoy summer cocktails, games and raffles? Do you appreciate the @injusticewatch.org judicial election guide and want to help support that work? Then join us on June 22 for our summer social + fundraiser! Early-bird tickets end tonight at midnight — prices go up tomorrow. Get yours now!
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🚨 #Chicago: It's that time of year. We're in the process of researching the 61 Cook County judges running for retention this November and we want to hear from you. Have you had a case in front of one of them? Check the list of judges running and let us know if you have something you want to share.
An Illinois court decision and bill passed within days of each other could make it both easier for exonerated people to get certificates of innocence and raise the compensation for those who do. @danhinkel.bsky.social has the update (w/@boltsmag.org): www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...
Statement from the Star Tribune Guild in response to management’s plans to lay off 15% of staff, including union members in the newsroom:
I thought this recent @borderlessmag.bsky.social story was great because it showed the other end of this dynamic - the direct aid required to help immigrants who have won their release, through methods like habeas petitions, to return home. borderlessmag.org/2026/05/26/d...
Kendall Qualls, fresh off the endorsement of Republican state delegates this weekend, was forced to brush off questions Monday about one of the first events at the convention Saturday: A moment of sil...
New @themarshallproject.org @ms.now report shows since Trump returned to office, ICE has taken a total of more than 500 babies and toddlers into custody: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/09/b...
Jonah Newman
Jonah Newman
Days after an appeals court ruled that some people should automatically get certificates of innocence, state legislators passed a bill to raise compensation for wrongful convictions.
Earlier this week, Aala Abdullahi and I published a story about the impact of rapid transfers on people that ICE has locked away in detention facilities. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/01/i...
Among the findings of my data reporting is an increase in ICE transferring people to another state within 24 hours of being booked into detention.
Star Tribune Guild
Last call for early-bird tickets to our summer social and fundraiser at KOVAL Distillery on Monday, June 22. Enjoy cocktails, food, games, raffle prizes, and more. All funds raised will support our next judicial election guide. $40 early bird tickets end tonight at midnight.
Geoff Hing
We’re researching the Cook County judges running for another term in November for our judicial election guide. Have something to share? Let us know. www.injusticewatch.org/judges/judic...
Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.
