05/06/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

McCombie: It’s past time to fix the SAFE-T Act

Shaw Local

05/06/2026

State of Illinois

Sims leads historic measure to raise compensation for the wrongfully incarcerated

Illinois Senate Democats

05/06/2026

Community Response

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

The Conversation

05/06/2026

Community Response

Key City Panel OKs Nomination of Anjanette Young to Serve on Chicago Police Oversight Board

WTTW

05/05/2026

State of Illinois

Johnson advances educational opportunities for incarcerated individuals with disabilities

Illinois Senate Democats

05/05/2026

State of Illinois

Ventura legislation to give courts more options on juvenile delinquency cases passes committee

Illinois Senate Democats

05/05/2026

Gun Violence

Shootings, Homicides in Chicago Up This Year as They Continue to Outpace Last Year’s Historic Lows

WTTW

05/05/2026

Home for Good

An Empty Home Could be Home for Good with State Support

Collinsville Daily News

05/04/2026

Chicago Police

Lawsuit Involving Disgraced Ex-Detective Set for Trial, As Lawyers Reach Settlement With Wrongfully Convicted Man Sent to Death Row

WTTW

05/04/2026

Statewide and National Policing

Rockford police pay large sums to officers facing criminal charges

Rockford Register Star

05/04/2026

Incarceration

Illinois Innocence Project client released from prison

NPR Illinois

05/04/2026

Youth

New statewide process for screening juvenile offenders goes live

FOX Illinois

05/04/2026

Courts

Ald. Silvana Tabares: City leaders and residents deserve transparency from the Cook County courts

Chicago Tribune

05/04/2026

Community Response

New wellness center in Sankofa Village

Austin Weekly News

05/03/2026

Chicago Police

Lawsuit in killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo to be refiled after judge ordered claims severed

Chicago Tribune