Advocating for children, women and seniors. Keeping public information and meetings transparent, combating fraud against Medicaid & government programs, and investigating corruption by officials or employees. The Illinois Attorney General has the authority to uphold laws and advocate for Illinois residents in many matters.

Kwame Raoul (/ ˈ k w ɑː m eɪ r ɑː ˈ uː l /, born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. [1] Raoul represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants, brings a lifetime of legal experience and advocacy to the office. He was sworn in as Illinois’ 42nd Attorney General in 2019 and took the oath to serve a second term on January 9, 2023.

3 days ago · Policy Would Block Trillions in Funding for Health, Education, Law Enforcement, Disaster Relief, and other Essential State Programs . Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general suing to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding that Illinois and every state in the ...

1 day ago · Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses his lawsuits against the Trump administration over immigration, a freeze on federal funding and the Justice Department’s threat to prosecute state ...

Kwame Raoul (Democrat) was sworn in for a second term as the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois in January 2023. Born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants, Raoul brings a lifetime of legal and policy experience, advocacy and public service to the Office of the Attorney General.

2 days ago · Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and five other Democratic attorneys general are responding to the Trump administration's freezing of federal assistance programs, which they claim is ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Illinois AG sues over President Trump's birthright citizenship order 00:36. CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from three other states on Tuesday filed a ...

As the state’s chief legal and law enforcement officer, Kwame works in a bipartisan manner with prosecutors and police chiefs across Illinois to fight crime and develop criminal justice policy. Kwame partners with federal and local law enforcement to prosecute murder, violent crimes, crimes of sexual violence and gun trafficking.

Jan 23, 2025 · Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued updated guidance to state, county and local law enforcement agencies to clarify the role of Illinois’ law enforcement agencies and the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The guidance details the provisions of the Illinois TRUST Act and the Voices of Immigrant …