Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking to enforce state consumer protection laws to stop the platform from capitalizing on young users, and wants to hold the defendants accountable for “unfairly and deceptively designing, operating, and marketing the TikTok Platform to ensnare and addict young users in Illinois.”

State officials say the controversial plates were yanked after being deemed “hate speech or fighting words,” but civil libertarians say the decision raises constitutional questions about suppressing political expression.

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Michael Sullivan is an attorney living in Springfield. Sullivan was the Deputy Prosecutor in the Prosecutor’s Office in Indianapolis and was previously the Senior Assistant Public Defender for Sangamon County. He spoke to Community Voices about Miranda Rights, what it is really like inside a courthouse and his internship at the White House.

Jerry Nowicki and Jennifer Fuller of Capitol News Illinois discuss how the organization started helping replace the loss of print statehouse reporting and how they have expanded into providing multimedia news coverage to supplement government coverage in Illinois media.

In September NPR Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep spoke at the Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series, presented by the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies. Author of the book “Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America,” Inskeep shared insight into Lincoln and the lessons we can apply to today’s political climate.

Massey, an unarmed Black woman, was shot and killed in her home by a former deputy this summer. The case has put more focus on police hiring and training.

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There are hundreds of other races that will also be decided at the same time as the president. While many of these other races are flying under the radar, some of them deserve attention. Let’s look at a few of those races and why you may want to pay attention.

A dire financial picture will test Mayor Brandon Johnson and could lead to requests for help from the state.