“Families are the hidden victims of incarceration. “Statistics show that children of people who are incarcerated have a higher rate of incarceration later in life. It does affect them … “Of course if someone does something truly terrible they should be locked up. But you and I both know if you look at the pie chart of...
Experts analyze policy recommendations designed to make Illinois’ criminal-justice system fairer and more cost-effective.
“The first time I did heroin I was 16 years old … “Your first time you feel invincible, [like] you can do anything, you’re talkative, a little sleepy, best mood you’ve ever had. Instantly I knew this is probably something I’m going to want to do over and over and over again. “My parents, my...
The secretary of state’s office has announced it will temporarily allow drivers to renew their vehicle registrations without first passing emissions tests.
Chicago is taking yet another black eye for its mishandling of a highly controversial ticketing system, which has slapped drivers with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.
“I don’t want to give up on people, and I don’t want them to give up on themselves. “Sometimes [ex-offenders] have been given up on so many times: by family, by friends, by teachers, that we’re the first people that don’t give up on them. And if we don’t give up on them and we...
“We have individuals who commit violent crimes that have to be punished. We’ve got people who commit financial crimes that destroy people, we have to prosecute them aggressively. “But someone who is recreationally using drugs, we’ve always criminalized it and now we’ve seen that we’ve been banging our heads against a wall and it doesn’t...
Though neighboring and Great Lakes states added a combined 200 factory jobs per workday on net in 2015, an average of 56 Illinois manufacturing workers, on net, received pink slips each workday during the same time.
Unfunded-mandate relief could mean a savings of $200 million annually for Illinois school districts.
New polling data show nearly 3 in 4 Illinoisans lack confidence in Springfield.
The governor has proposed criminal-justice reforms to save Illinois taxpayers $300 million over the next four years while improving outcomes for offenders and their communities.