01/31/2025

Courts

Cook County State’s Attorney announces plan for improvements, changes

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

01/31/2025

City of Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to tax hemp and pass the ‘Anjanette Young ordinance’ in his 2025 to-dos

WBEZ

01/31/2025

State of Illinois

After Trump pardons, Gov. JB Pritzker bars Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs, calling the conduct ‘disgraceful’

WBEZ

01/31/2025

Youth

DCFS launches new app for caseworkers and families

WGLT

01/31/2025

Chicago Police

Study that will help adjust where Chicago police officers are deployed finally in the works

Chicago Tribune

01/30/2025

Courts

Cook County state’s attorney to push for prison sentences in machine gun cases

Chicago Tribune

01/30/2025

Youth

Impacts of Juvenile Center re-opening could be felt almost immediately

25News

01/30/2025

Youth

Cook County juvenile detention center given high marks

Daily Herald

01/30/2025

Chicago Police

Organizers, family worry Chicago cop who shot Dexter Reed is escaping accountability with new job in Ohio

The Triibe

01/30/2025

State and National Policing

Police body cam video of Charleston shooting shows man taking officer’s gun

WAND

01/30/2025

Incarceration

Illinois settles two lawsuits linked to prison education programs

WBEZ

01/29/2025

Incarceration

Work on Champaign County Jail not quite done

The News-Gazette

01/29/2025

Youth

Juvenile Detention Center in Springfield reopens with new security measures

The State Journal-Register

01/29/2025

State and National Policing

IL Supreme Court rules to keep Sean Grayson in jail

WCIA

01/29/2025

Incarceration

People were strapped to chairs for hours, days at Madison County Jail. Many were mentally ill or in withdrawal

Illinois Answers Project