Despite horror stories and deaths, will Illinois keep expensive prison health care company?
As the Wexford Health Sources contract expires, experts worry the state is likely to continue paying big dollars for poor care.
As the Wexford Health Sources contract expires, experts worry the state is likely to continue paying big dollars for poor care.
Chicago typically sees an uptick in shootings and violence during the summer, especially during Independence Day weekend.
The lawsuit alleges traffic stops have been used to unlawfully search and detain minority residents on the city’s South and West sides.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office dismissed the charges against Carlishia Hood and her son, citing ‘emerging evidence,’ less than a week after she was accused of ordering her son to kill a man who punched her.
The high court is expected to drop opinions on cases about student loan forgiveness, affirmative action and other major issues.
A pregnant woman from Edgewater had to quickly find another ride to the hospital to give birth. An Albany Park man says reading that he wasn’t alone helped him “feel less like a victim.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed accountability for the officers, but the penalties have been softened or eliminated, mostly in arbitration.
More than a month into his first term as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has faced one challenge after another.
The board voted 5-3 to discharge Sgt. Alex Wolinksi, who was in charge when officers mistakenly burst into the home of the Chicago social worker in 2019.
Is there any way to repair the harm caused by slavery? A reparations commission in Illinois is tasked with that onerous challenge.