06/22/2026

Policing – Statewide and National

Rockford officer facing charges seeks pension payout

Rockford Register Star

06/22/2026

Cook County

Cook County Announces $20M for Community Violence Intervention Services

WTTW

06/19/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

Advocacy groups file lawsuit over data transparency related to Illinois’s SAFE-T Act

Shaw Local

06/19/2026

Chicago Police

How a Chicago police officer’s experience with homelessness shapes his work with the unhoused

CBS

06/19/2026

Policing – Statewide and National

Protesters call for police accountability during demonstration for Mary Alice Love: ‘Mundelein must pay the price’

Chicago Tribune

06/18/2026

Policing – Statewide and National

‘A series of tactical errors’: Demonstrators blast police over shooting death of Mundelein woman

Daily Herald

06/18/2026

State of Illinois

Pritzker vetoes spending items accidentally included in Illinois budget, including $500B typo

ABC 7

06/18/2026

Policing – Statewide and National

Grayson applies to get released from prison; hearing in late July

Journal Star

06/18/2026

City of Chicago

Chicago’s Deputy Mayor for Community Safety on Teen Takeovers, Restorative Justice and the Value of Belonging

WTTW

06/17/2026

Chicago Police

Ald. Andre Vasquez: Eight questions CPD must answer about the quickly closed Albany Park ICE investigation

Chicago Tribune

06/17/2026

Chicago Police

Chicago Has Spent at Least $225M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits, Just 6 Months Into the Year

WTTW

06/17/2026

Chicago Police

Newly released video shows deadly shooting of Chicago Police Officer Ella French on South Side

ABC 7

06/16/2026

Policing – Statewide and National

Bettendorf looks to add a mental health co-responder to its police force

Dispatch-Argus

06/16/2026

State of Illinois

Pritzker signs nearly $56B budget with new business taxes as he seeks 3rd term

Capitol News

06/15/2026

Youth

As summer heats up, what’s driving Chicago ‘teen takeovers’?

Chicago Tribune