01/14/2025

Courts

A Chicago judge just erased her predecessor’s historic ruling on forensic firearms analysis

Substack

01/13/2025

State of Illinois

Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law

Chicago Sun-Times

01/13/2025

Courts

Cook County judge referred to Judicial Inquiry Board over racist meme

Chicago Law Bulletin

01/13/2025

Community Response

Calls Widen for Police District Councilor’s Resignation

South Side Weekly

01/13/2025

Incarceration

Will Illinois restore voting rights to incarcerated people?

The Triibe

01/13/2025

Incarceration

Electronic monitoring in Cook County belongs under chief judge’s office

Chicago Sun-Times

01/13/2025

City of Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson testing ShotSpotter replacements as alderman tries for his own pilot

Chicago Tribune

01/13/2025

Incarceration

Jeannette Slover, convicted of 1996 murder of former daughter-in-law, dies at 77

The State Journal-Register

01/13/2025

Pretrial Fairness/SAFE-T Act

SAFE-T Act changes on Peoria’s proposed wish list for state lawmakers

25 News

01/13/2025

Incarceration

Calling domestic violence ‘unique in nature,’ judge reduces sentence for woman who shot alleged abuser

Chicago Tribune

01/13/2025

Public Defense

Rural Texas needs more public defenders. A state commission wants nearly $44M to help

Kera News

01/13/2025

State and National Policing

Grayson appears in court while Illinois Supreme Court mulls state petition

The State Journal-Register

01/12/2025

Chicago Police

Judges back Chicago Police Board in two disciplinary cases

Chicago Tribune

01/12/2025

Chicago Police

Death of off-duty Chicago police detective found in Mount Greenwood home is ruled a suicide

Chicago Sun-Times

01/11/2025

Community Response

José ‘Cha-Cha’ Jiménez, founder of political group formed from Lincoln Park Puerto Rican gang, dies at 76

Chicago Tribune