By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 3:16 p.m.
The Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform released a preliminary report that frames its process and progress on lowering the Illinois prison population by 25% by 2025.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 1:49 p.m.
With the rejection last week of the $2.3 billion temporary budget proposed by Democrats in the Illinois Legislature as a way to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers left Springfield for the Fourth of July weekend without an approved budget in place, resulting in what’s being referred to as a “partial” government shutdown. The State is now operating without a 2016 budget, leaving critical social and other services at risk of being unfunded and state workers wondering about their pay checks.
By: Norman Parish - July 8, 2015 1:03 p.m.
On the heels of another bloody holiday weekend, an anti-violence group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three suburban communities to keep guns out of Chicago.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 12:32 p.m.
Get out and enjoy Bronzeville’s rich arts scene by taking part in the new Bronzeville Art District-Bronzeville Summer Nights collaboration, a cultural event that launched earlier this month.
By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 12:19 p.m.
Chicago Public School’s (CPS) Summer Bridge program this year is housed at Fiske Elementary School, 6020 S. Langley Ave.
Following interim CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Jesse Ruiz’s statement last Wednesday announcing that CPS will make $200 million in cuts and layoff 1,400 CPS staffers, a result of the school district’s difficulty making a $634 million pension payment and its $1.1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel laid out a plan he says Springfield should follow to create a more equitable funding formula for Illinois school districts.
By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 11:55 a.m.
Chatham, South Shore and Woodlawn neighborhood residents in Chicago, recently met with high ranking 3rd Dist. Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers during the 3rd District Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) All Beats Beat Meeting at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Dr.
An investigation led by Chicago Police officers and agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (“HIDTA”) Task Force, resulted in federal charges against 16 defendants and state charges against 26 others, who police and federal agents began arresting early last Wednesday morning.
Chicago entrepreneur John Leydon debuted a new venture to celebrate the very best of Chicago Fashion.
Major retailers are halting sales of the Confederate flag and related merchandise after the shooting deaths of nine black church members in South Carolina refueled the debate over the flag's meaning.
The Global Peace Index measures the state of peace in 162 countries according to 23 indicators that gauge the absence of violence or the fear of violence. It is produced annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care after months in the hospital.
In a statement Wednesday, her aunt Pat Houston said Whitney Houston's daughter's condition has worsened.
By: Lee Edwards - July 1, 2015 3:51 p.m.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community celebrated a victory decades in the making over the weekend following, the U.S. Supreme Court voting 5-4 in favor of same sex couples’ right to marry nationwide.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 3:21 p.m.
Renovation of the Flossmoor Metra Station on Metra’s Electric District Line is complete. Metra and Flossmoor officials held a completion ceremony for the newly reconstructed, $4 million platform and related facilities on June 26.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:39 p.m.
A facility aimed at providing programming for teens and their families, opened in Chicago’s Altgeld community this past weekend.
