02/19/2025

Courts

Former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys acquitted of wrongdoing in ‘unprecedented’ trial

Chicago Tribune

02/19/2025

Chicago Police

With Latest Settlement, Police Pursuits Cost Chicago Taxpayers $101.8M Since 2019: Analysis

WTTW

02/19/2025

State and National Policing

Rock Island police lieutenant files civil rights lawsuit against the city, police chief

Quad-City Times

02/19/2025

Incarceration

Dan Lee: Augustana Prison Education Program an example of mission

Dispatch Argus

02/19/2025

State of Illinois

Black, Latino lawmakers criticize Pritzker’s proposed budget

Capitol News Illinois

02/19/2025

Incarceration

The Revolutionary Column: Trump will deport Black Americans to overseas prisons, too, if we let him

The Triibe

02/19/2025

State of Illinois

Pritzker calls $55.2B budget ‘responsible and balanced’ – but warns Trump policies could upend it

Capitol News Illinois

02/19/2025

State of Illinois

Democratic leaders paint brighter fiscal picture ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget address

Chicago Tribune

02/18/2025

Chicago Police

With ongoing slowdown of police discipline in Chicago, department is turning to internal controls

Chicago Tribune

02/18/2025

Chicago Police

Police and Fire committee to consider Police District Council appointments

The Daily Line

02/18/2025

State and National Policing

Committee advances bill to ban vehicle searches based on smell of cannabis

Capitol News Illinois

02/18/2025

Incarceration

Coroner: Findings suggest Sangamon County Jail inmate died of ‘natural causes’

State Journal-Register

02/17/2025

Courts

Mixed verdict in Madigan case reflects a new, harder reality for federal prosecutors

Chicago Tribune

02/17/2025

Courts

Cook County State’s Attorney Will No Longer Divert Nonviolent Gun Cases to Restorative Justice Courts

WTTW

02/17/2025

Incarceration

Illinois weighs opening state financial aid to students in prison

Chicago Sun-Times