03/27/2025

State and National Policing

Former Carroll County Sheriff’s deputy charged in death of Mount Carroll man

Dispatch Argus

03/27/2025

City of Chicago

Johnson Taps COPA’s Director of Investigations as Interim Head of Police Misconduct Agency

WTTW

03/27/2025

City of Chicago

Mayor names COPA veteran as interim chief administrator

Chicago Tribune

03/27/2025

State and National Policing

Anjanette Young’s new exhibit at the DuSable Museum showcases the trauma of Black women victimized by police

The Triibe

03/27/2025

Courts

Keeping nonviolent gun cases out of restorative justice courts is a step backward

Chicago Sun-Times

03/26/2025

Public Defense

Forgotten in Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants

The New York Times

03/26/2025

Courts

Law prof’s speech case reveals danger of the classroom

The News-Gazette

03/26/2025

Public Defense

Illinois’s public defense crisis

Chicago Reader

03/26/2025

Community Response

Trump administration cuts $153 million in Illinois public health, substance abuse programs

Chicago Sun-Times

03/26/2025

Reentry

Illinois affordable housing projects on pause as Trump administration evaluates funds

Chicago Tribune

03/25/2025

State of Illinois

This Lawmaker Wants To Give Families Of Illinois Homicide Victims A Way To Reopen Cold Cases

Block Club Chicago

03/25/2025

Chicago Police

211K Traffic Stops Were Not Documented by Chicago Police Officers in 2024

WTTW

03/25/2025

Chicago Police

Former Chicago top cop weighs in on how policy changes have shaped crime fighting

Fox32

03/24/2025

State and National Policing

Sonya Massey’s cousin said it ‘might be beneficial’ for murder trial to be moved

The State Journal-Register

03/24/2025

State and National Policing

Galesburg police chief fired after sexual harassment investigation, city manager says

The Journal Star