The study pointed to Illinois as an example of a state where reformers successfully owned the issue of safety, without returning to “tough-on-crime” tactics. In 2021, Illinois state Sen. Robert Peters ...

A Wisconsin man was charged with a hate crime for allegedly making a threatening comment on an Illinois LGBTQ+ organization's ...

Investigators said Miko Martin, a 29-year-old resident of St. Louis, was driving at high speeds, trying to evade police, when ...

Illinois Republicans are speaking out after Gov. JB Pritzker signed changes to the state's Prisoner Review Board.

They declared that crime would increase and Illinois would turn into a revolving door for career criminals, full of Gotham-like cities. One year later, we have evidence of how false those claims were.

The CEO of a company that builds tech for law enforcement spoke up about an alleged data grab in Illinois. Here's what he ...

Illinois bill would limit laws that evict tenants for too many 911 calls The Cook County suburb of Richton Park amended the ordinance that forced Diamond Jones out of her rental home, and housing ...

But the Illinois Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights received overwhelming support from voters in a November 2014 referendum. Illinois became the country’s second Marsy’s Law state in 2015, when ...

Enacted in 1973 by the Illinois General Assembly, the Crime Victim Compensation Act was created to reduce the financial burden on victims of violent crime and their families.The expenses covered ...

Illinois Continues To Lead Nation With Pretrial Policies That Center Safety and Justice. With the implementation of the Pretrial Success Act in 2025, Illinois will move another step closer to true ...