01/29/2026

Lake County

Eric Rinehart: State prosecutors must hold federal agents accountable when they break the law.

Chicago Tribune

01/29/2026

Chicago Police

Chicago police oversight commission names new COPA boss

Chicago Sun-Times

01/29/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

Central Illinois criminal justice leaders propose changes with mixed results of Safe-T Act

25News

01/29/2026

State and National Policing

Sean Grayson receives maximum sentence

Illinois Times

01/29/2026

Youth

Knox County to close Mary Davis Juvenile Detention Center indefinitely

WGIL

01/29/2026

Youth

Mary Davis Home in Galesburg to close ‘indefinitely.’ What to know

Journal Star

01/29/2026

Chicago Police

Police homicide clearance rate hits 13-year high as murders fall dramatically citywide

Hyde Park Herald

01/29/2026

Reentry

Homelessness appears to decline nationwide, with 60% drop in Chicago

Chicago Tribune

01/28/2026

Federal Government

Trump’s deployment of National Guard members to Chicago cost taxpayers $21 million, congressional report says

Chicago Sun-Times

01/28/2026

City of Chicago

Nobody is above the law’: Johnson preps new policies to hold ICE accountable

Crain's Chicago Business

01/28/2026

Chicago Police

Chicago Police Officer Accused of Taking Bribes in Exchange for Use of Encrypted Radio

WTTW

01/28/2026

Federal Government

Immigration Committee Wants COPA To Investigate Whether Police Helped ICE

Block Club Chicago

01/28/2026

Youth

Former juvenile jail superintendent lived in Chicago, report says

Injustice Watch

01/28/2026

City of Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson tells DC crowd he will ‘set up a pathway’ to prosecute Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

Chicago Tribune

01/28/2026

Courts

Cook County’s Chief Judge Announces New Revisions to Electronic Monitoring Program

WTTW