Friday, August 28, 2026
Cops have been accused of tapping into Flock’s sprawling network to stalk people, while activists have been charged with vandalizing the company’s cameras. But as some municipalities have jettisoned the technology, others have gone all in.
On August 21, two digital asset industry trade associations announced a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County challenging Illinois’s Digital Asset Tax Act. The Act, which takes effect January 1, 2027, imposes a 0.2% tax on the value of digital assets involved in certain exchanges, transfers, and storage activities conducted through digital asset brokers.
In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despite a state law intended to prevent such collaboration.
In a quiet Decatur neighborhood, from 2023 to 2024, a woman was being beaten, threatened and sold to other men by her boyfriend. Bailey Bova's abuser pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time in the Illinois Department of Corrections. But he faces less than two years behind bars after sentencing, before he is eligible for parole.
A Chicago couple is suing two Taylor Farms-related companies, alleging contaminated lettuce caused the husband to become seriously ill after the couple ate at a Taco Bell on West Belmont Avenue in July.