During the veto session, State Rep. Jed Davis (R-Newark) uncovered what he deems to be a legislative scheme to drive electoral outcomes. He believes that changes being made to Chicago's school board election timing are a strategic ploy aimed at influencing statewide elections in favor of Democratic candidates.
For the past several years, the plaintiffs’ bar has relied on the Torture Inquiry & Relief Commission (TIRC) for a steady stream of wrongful conviction lawsuits stemming from claims that Chicago police coerced murder confessions