12/26/2025

Incarceration

An Impossible Situation’Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public buses and trains.

Chicago Reader

12/25/2025

Incarceration

Incarcerated Californians Express Cautious Optimism About New Clemency Proposal

The Appeal

12/24/2025

Incarceration

Families of incarcerated people have to go the extra mile to spread holiday cheer

The Triibe

12/24/2025

Federal Government

Department of Justice challenges new Illinois law barring federal immigration actions at courthouses

Chicago Sun-Times

12/24/2025

Reentry

Chicago Homeless Shelter Residents Say They Wait Months At City’s Intake Center Before Being Placed At A Shelter

Block Club Chicago

12/24/2025

State of Illinois

Illinois’ safe gun storage law goes into effect Jan. 1

The Center Square

12/23/2025

Federal Government

Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago

The New York Times

12/23/2025

Courts

A man exonerated with help from the Illinois Innocence Project tells his story

NPR Illinois

12/23/2025

City of Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson backs down, will not veto City Council’s alternate budget

Chicago Sun-TImes

12/23/2025

Chicago Police

Battle Over Chicago Police Discipline Heads to State Supreme Court, Sparking Debate on Serious Misconduct Hearings

WTTW

12/23/2025

City of Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Capping Police Overtime Spending, Creates New Oversight Framework

City of Chicago

12/23/2025

City of Chicago

After City Council Rejects Effort to Crack Down on CPD Overtime, Johnson Imposes New Limits

WTTW

12/23/2025

Incarceration

In Prison, Holding Handwritten Cards Is a Rare Joy. Illinois Is Taking It Away.

Truthout

12/23/2025

City of Chicago

Allies stand with Mayor Johnson as he signs executive order to protect Chicagoans from predatory debt collection

The Triibe

12/22/2025

Chicago Police

CPD recovering a steady number of ‘ghost guns’ despite legislation meant to curb them

Chicago Tribune