Beyond the heated rhetoric about bail, what else is in the SAFE-T Act?
The massive criminal justice bill that ends cash bail in Illinois also supports crime victims and increases police oversight.
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Do private security patrols make neighborhoods safer?
Case studies from cities like Oakland and Philadelphia have shown mixed and short-term results. What can Chicago learn?
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Private security is coming to Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood
The initiative brings together community groups with private patrols. It’s scheduled to start in November
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Chicago City Council has few questions about the size of a proposed $2 billion police budget
Chicago aldermen are discussing the city’s proposed $2 billion dollar police budget for next year. The price tag is not raising many questions.
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New bill aims to help the formerly incarcerated and small businesses
The program would go further than past efforts, providing actual jobs and subsidies to businesses who hire people returning from prison.
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The agency running a 988 call center in Chicago is trying to allay fears of police ties
The nonprofit known as C4 says it has received about 350 calls to the new suicide “lifeline” and hasn’t transferred any to cops.
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Rev. Michael Pfleger removed from St. Sabina again as archdiocese investigates a decades-old sex abuse claim
The new accusation comes less than two years after the popular priest was cleared by the Archdiocese of Chicago of separate accusations.
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Confused by all those judges on your ballot? ‘Injustice Watch’ has you covered
The nonprofit journalism organization has released its 2022 general election voter guide for judges in Cook County.
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Check fraud spikes: Chicago sees a jump in checks stolen from mailboxes, ‘washed’ and cashed for thousands of dollars
Midge Laurin mailed a $30 check that was intercepted, rewritten and cashed to someone else for $9,475. The scheme leaves many victims struggling for months to recover their losses.
