SPRINGFIELD – Amid a campaign season in which every constitutional office and seat in the Illinois General Assembly will be up for vote, rising crime and a landmark criminal justice…
SPRINGFIELD — Criminal justice reform advocates rallied Feb. 25 at the Statehouse in hopes of making Illinois one of only a handful of states to eliminate cash bail in all or most…
SPRINGFIELD — Two years after passing a significant bail bond reform law, some Illinois lawmakers are now considering doing away with cash bail altogether. Supporters of that idea…
From raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing sick leave for low-income workers, to raising sales tax on sugary soft-drinks, the Cook County Board made significant moves in 2016. The…
SPRINGFIELD — Criminal justice reform is high on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s agenda this year, but a legislative committee hearing Thursday, Feb. 13 in Chicago showed that reform…
A bill filed by state Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) seeks to exempt McHenry County and other state counties with populations of less than 3 million from the Bail Reform Act of 2017,…
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Chicago woman charged with killing ...A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Video released from Chicago officers’ ...The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials ...
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
