01/23/2026

Courts

ICE officer charged with attacking immigrant rights activist in Chicago suburb

Chicago Sun-Times

01/22/2026

Incarceration

She Did Everything Right in Prison. Yet She Won’t Be Released.

The New York Times

01/22/2026

Gun Violence

What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.

The New York Times

01/22/2026

Chicago Police

State Law Allows Chicago’s Police Misconduct Agency to Investigate Fatal Police Shootings, Judge Rules

WTTW

01/22/2026

City of Chicago

City Council is still weighing a change to Chicago’s youth curfew policy amid delays and a months-long debate

The Triibe

01/22/2026

Courts

‘Blatantly disrespectful’: Lawyer groups push for removal of reinstated judge

Injustice Watch

01/22/2026

Incarceration

I Walked Into Prison. But I Left in a Wheelchair.

Prison Journalism Project

01/22/2026

Chicago Police

Video shows man fatally shot in head by Chicago police ‘posed no threat,’ family’s lawyers say

Chicago Sun-Times

01/22/2026

State of Illinois

State finds nearly $500 million in budget reserves amid federal funding uncertainty

Chicago Tribune

01/21/2026

State and National Policing

Authorities: Aurora police shoot, kill man armed with a knife

Daily Herald

01/21/2026

Reentry

More than 58,000 Chicagoans were homeless in 2024, new report says

Chicago Sun-Times

01/21/2026

City of Chicago

Ald. Hopkins waters down curfew ordinance, again, to appease Mayor Brandon Johnson

Chicago Sun-Times

01/21/2026

Courts

Ex-Gangster Disciples boss Larry Hoover’s freedom bid should be rejected, Cook County top prosecutor says

Chicago Sun-Times

01/21/2026

City of Chicago

Push to Expand CPD’s Curfew Power Stalls After Last-Minute Revision

WTTW

01/21/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

Illinois House Republicans propose bill to make all felonies detainable under SAFE-T Act

The Daily Line