05/09/2025

Public Defense

SF public defender stops taking cases, citing Lurie’s anti-fentanyl surge

San Francisco Standard

05/09/2025

Chicago Police

Sharp decline in CPD home searches as department finalizes warrant policy

Chicago Tribune

05/09/2025

Courts

The Disappearing Rural Lawyer, Part IV: The Persistent Legal Desert Crisis

2civility

05/08/2025

Home for Good

Ahmadou Dramé, director of the Illinois Justice Project, talking about the Home for Good bill

WCPT-820

05/08/2025

Youth

Caddo Parish official says May has most admissions for juvenile detention

Hometown Register

05/08/2025

Immigration

Despite Kristi Noem’s slurs, immigrants are less likely to commit crime than native born citizens

Chicago Sun-Times

05/08/2025

Youth

Chicago’s youth need more choices — not curfews

Chicago Sun-Times

05/08/2025

Chicago Police

Shooting by Chicago Police in Hammond, Indiana after chase

CBS News

05/08/2025

State and National Policing

MPs granted training reciprocity to become Illinois police officers

Capitol Fax

05/08/2025

Youth

Ivars Spalis: An educator supporting students and teachers

Kane County Chronicle

05/08/2025

Reentry

Chicago Reentry Summit Highlights Healing, Funding, and New Support for Women Returning Home

Chicago Defender

05/08/2025

State and National Policing

Why Do More Police Officers Die by Suicide Than in the Line of Duty?

The New York Times

05/07/2025

Home for Good

Expanding housing access to recently incarcerated Illinoisans is a worthwhile investment

Chicago Sun-Times

05/07/2025

Reentry

Historic Bronzeville church proposes big affordable housing development

Crain's Chicago Business

05/07/2025

City of Chicago

Mayor Johnson’s ‘Green Social Housing’ Plan Passes City Council

Block Club Chicago