03/02/2025

State and National Policing

2024 saw escalated gunfire in Bloomington-Normal; leaders work toward solutions

The Pantagraph

03/01/2025

Public Defense

5 chief public defenders told they will lose jobs following Landry board takeover

Louisiana Illuminator

02/28/2025

Incarceration

‘Sing Sing’ Actor Jon-Adrian ‘JJ’ Velazquez Reflects on the Power of Prison Theater

The Marshall Project

02/28/2025

Youth

Discontinued violence prevention program for struggling teens revived with $25 million

Chicago Tribune

02/28/2025

Reentry

Trump administration to slash funding for enforcement of fair housing laws

Chicago Tribune

02/28/2025

Chicago Police

Man armed with knife shot by officer at Cook County forest preserve

NBC Chicago

02/28/2025

Chicago Police

Knife-wielding man shot by Chicago police at Far South Side forest preserve, CPD officials say

ABC 7

02/28/2025

Courts

Rep. Bost announces application process for U.S. Attorney, Marshals

The Southern

02/28/2025

Reentry

Legislation aims to help first-time homebuyers

NPR Illinois

02/28/2025

Youth

Chicago Public Schools is relaunching a program to reel in dropouts

Chalk Beat Chicago

02/27/2025

Public Defense

A shortage of criminal defense attorneys threatens indigent right to counsel in rural Texas

Texas Tribune

02/27/2025

Courts

Jim Dey | Defense, not cops, wrung confession out of murder suspect

The News-Gazette

02/27/2025

State of Illinois

House Gun Violence Prevention Committee considers bill to increase transparency on unsolved homicide cases

The Daily Line

02/27/2025

Incarceration

Cook County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Repeatedly Denied Freedom To Incarcerated People Who Were Later Cleared

Block Club Chicago

02/27/2025

Pretrial Fairness Act/SAFE-T Act

‘We want our state back’: Why DuPage sheriff says he’s running for governor in 2026

Daily Herald