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Illinois Governor Pritzker signed Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act, CROWN Act, prohibiting hair discrimination. Amends Illinois Human Rights Act to ensure race protection includes traits like hair texture, protective hairstyles.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed CROWN Act prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees due to race-based hairstyles, hair textures. Illinois Congress passed Senate Bill 3616, the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act in April 2022.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed into law the “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair” Act, or CROWN Act, which prohibits hair discrimination.

Illinois Governor Pritzker signed Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act, CROWN Act, prohibiting hair discrimination. Amends Illinois Human Rights Act to ensure race protection includes traits like hair texture, protective hairstyles.

Costly failed campaign Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin poured $50 million into Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for the GOP nomination for governor, an investment that turned sour. Irvin finished...

National Crown Day is back for a third year to celebrate Black hair independence on the anniversary of the inaugural signing of the Crown Act.

Black people have been disciplined in the workplace and other professional settings because of how they’ve worn their hair. Here’s how California’s CROWN Act combats discrimination against natural hairstyles.

Leslie Thomas, QC, claimed that it was time to axe the judicial committee of the privy council, which acts as the final court of appeal for ten, mostly Caribbean, countries.

Controversial public safety measures took priority in Springfield. And we know that Illinois has a budget. But a whole lot of other changes are coming, thanks to state lawmakers’ recent rush of activity. 

Illinois legislators approve measure to amend state's Human Rights Act to ban discrimination based on traits associated with race such as hair texture or style,