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*Illinois Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-10-18 ( 4 items )  
Carl Sandburg College President Urges Education Dept. to Exempt Open-Enrollment Schools from ACTS (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Seamus Reilly, president of Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging it to refrain from imposing the admissions and consumer transparency supplement (ACTS) on community colleges. The president argued that the elaborate and costly reporting framework is conceived for institutions with dramatically different admissions and financial aid policies, and applying it to open access colleges would  more ST

ICYMI: Angel Mother Jennifer Bos Pens Op-Ed Detailing Sanctuary Policies that Failed Her Daughter Who Was Murdered by a Criminal Illegal Alien (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Angel Mother Jennifer Bos Pens Op-Ed Detailing Sanctuary Policies that Failed Her Daughter Who Was Murdered by a Criminal Illegal Alien * "To this day, Gov. Pritzker has never reached out to me -- not to offer condolences, not to acknowledge Megan's death, and certainly not to take responsibility for the policies that failed her." - Jennifer Bos WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department o more PR

Murphy Demands Answers From Secretary Noem On False DHS Statements (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Demands Answers From Secretary Noem On False DHS Statements * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem after court documents revealed serious factual inconsistencies in DHS' account of the October 4 th, 2025, shooting of a United States Citizen by one of their agents in Chicago, Illinois. Murph more PR

Progressive Policy Institute White Paper Warns Against Private Rights of Action in AI Regulation (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued a white paper cautioning policymakers against introducing private rights of action--allowing private lawyers to sue over alleged AI regulatory violations detached from actual harm--in AI enforcement frameworks. The study argues that such mechanisms would lead to abusive, speculative litigation that stifles American AI innovation without benefiting consumers or society. The study examines historical patterns of no-injury li more ST