03/13/2026

State of Illinois

Illinois Republican lawmakers look to stiffen penalties for child sex crimes

NPR Illinois

03/12/2026

State and National Policing

State police investigate video of metro-east cop allegedly punching woman

Belleville News-Democrat

03/12/2026

Courts

Group accuses Cook state’s attorney of turning ‘blind eye’ to ICE crimes, seeks special prosecutor

Daily Herald

03/12/2026

Chicago Police

Family seeks answers after man fatally shot by Chicago police in Humboldt Park

Fox 32

03/12/2026

City of Chicago

Anjanette Young, 5 Others Nominated to Fill 3 Vacant Seats on CPD Oversight Board

WTTW

03/12/2026

Federal Government

Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”

New Yorker

03/12/2026

Courts

Illinois Supreme Court travels to Macomb to hear cases on pretrial release, student transportation

Capitol News Illinois

03/12/2026

Reentry

New tenant group seeks to unite C-U renters and work toward affordable housing solutions

IPM Newsroom

03/12/2026

Reentry

Homelessness is a growing problem in Champaign County. A group of local organizations aims to help

IPM Newsroom

03/11/2026

State and National Policing

What Rockford’s police chief has to say about surveillance camera use

Rockford Register Star

03/11/2026

State and National Policing

Lawsuit alleging excessive force by ESL police detective dismissed – for now

Belleville News-Democrat

03/11/2026

Chicago Police

Man shot, killed by CPD in Humboldt Park was in vehicle wanted in Eisenhower shooting: COPA

ABC-7

03/11/2026

Chicago Police

CTA’s new security plan includes sheriff’s deputies on trains, high-barrier gates and farecard inspections

WBEZ

03/10/2026

Incarceration

Language Lipstick: What Person-Centered Language in Prison Hides

Prison Journalism Project

03/10/2026

Courts

McLean County’s restorative justice efforts highlighted in new book

WGLT