Illinois bail reform law draws mixed reviews
— June 19, 2017Cash-bail reforms signed into law June 9 by Gov. Bruce Rauner are a good first step, but need more strength to really affect the number of persons who are held in jail because they…
Cash-bail reforms signed into law June 9 by Gov. Bruce Rauner are a good first step, but need more strength to really affect the number of persons who are held in jail because they…
In the frustrating struggle at the end of May to craft a budget bill that would pass both the Illinois House and Senate, the Springfield Democrats decided to clean out their inventory…
Now that the Illinois Senate’s “Grand Bargain” bill bundle has fallen apart, some members of the House are running with individual pieces of the reform package. State Rep. Will…
Some may view the problem of human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children as a global issue that occurs most frequently in countries halfway around the world….
It’s a no-go for the citizen-led initiative to have an independent commission, not politicians, draw the state’s legislative districts, but state lawmakers can still make the change….
A new criminal justice reform law, signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner March 10, recognizes that both victims and incarcerated offenders suffer from a common circumstance — a reaction to…
The complicated bill bundle hashed out by the Illinois Senate leaders at the end of the General Assembly’s “lame duck” session appears to be a scaffold on which a state budget…
Gov. Bruce Rauner said economic and political reforms will help the state capture as much investment from Japan as possible and, in turn, grow the state’s economy. During the Midwest…