Illinois is investigating Texas police's use of ALPR data to find a woman. It is unclear whether the search was immigration- ...

Violations by Mount Prospect could result in loss of state funding, deputy Secretary of State Scott Burnham said.

“It’s the silence that’s deadly,” they wrote. The study pointed to Illinois as an example of a state where reformers successfully owned the issue of safety, without returning to “tough-on-crime” ...

Jones’ case was among those highlighted in a recent report published by the Community Safety Through Stable Homes Coalition about crime-free ordinances in Illinois, which found these types of ...

During a heated congressional hearing on sanctuary state policies, Illinois Rep. Darin LaHood accused Gov. J.B. Pritzker of endangering public safety by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration ...

To that end, the study also looked at whether Illinois’ new approach affected public safety. Previous research ... in licensed occupations, property crime fell — and it fell most in Cook ...

In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get you kicked out of your home. By Sidnee King Pineda Photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis ...

With the implementation of the Pretrial Success Act in 2025, Illinois ... that drive crime and connect people to community resources—both of which can better ensure safety.

Illinois bucked those trends last year, with hate crime reports falling from 346 to 319, according to the FBI. But that dip followed a massive surge, from 56 in 2020 and 98 in 2021, to 346 in 2022.

Opponents of the Act, including Connecticut bail bondsmen watching from afar, claimed it would be a public safety disaster. They declared that crime would increase and Illinois would turn into ...