The Chicago Women Take Action Alliance, an organization dedicated to women’s equity, hosted a mayoral forum on Saturday at the Chicago Temple to discuss women-centered issues in public safety, reproductive...
Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor
• January 15, 2023
As Chicago continues out of the Covid-19 pandemic, one vital service continues to operate at a level that does not serve Chicagoans to the standard pre-pandemic. Due to staffing shortages, CTA has not...
Shortly after Illinois lawmakers listened to audio of the screams of a child at the Highland Park Fourth of July shooting at the hearing on Jan. 9, a 34-20 senate vote approved the measure to ban the possession...
The Illinois State Supreme Court recently appointed Chantelle Porter, DePaul College of Law alumna and former A. Traub and Associates family attorney, as the first Black woman to serve as a judge in the...
After four years, the Chicago Police Department seeks to reactivate their “gang database” despite no proven effectiveness, according to law experts.
The Criminal Enterprise Information System...
Illinois was slated to become the first state in the country to entirely eliminate cash bail, with the Pretrial Fairness Act set to take effect on Jan. 1. But on Dec. 31, just hours before the law would...
A Christmas time burglary left the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Lincoln Park with thousands lost in donations from Sunday and Christmas Day mass collections.
On Monday, Dec. 26, an unidentified...
Yumary Briseño looked at her 12-year-old daughter. Her tender eyes gazing up at her, filled with worry.
“Mom, I’m hungry.”
Briseño gave her daughter the only food she had in her home—a...
Screams and shouts echoed throughout the Chicago Marriott Marquis banquet room of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s victory party after the Associated Press (AP) declared him victor in the Illinois governor's race.
Darren...
Shortly after the polls had closed around 7 p.m., the Associated Press (AP) projected U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) had won re-election. Noted by AP as “heavily favored in the heavily blue state,”...
Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor
• November 8, 2022
Election Day is here, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to register to vote. Residents of Illinois are able to register and cast their ballot at the same time.
For individuals not originally...
As tomorrow’s election day swiftly approaches, the Illinois gubernatorial race is coming to a close.
Republican challenger Darren Bailey’s best efforts to recruit independent voters has fallen...
