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Illinois voters passed a constitutional amendment last year to ensure crime victims' rights. Now lawmakers are working to make the criminal code match…
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The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has brought to national attention the obstacles that many young black males face - including…
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Illinois voters on Tuesday won't just have the chance to decide on who'll be their next governor or state representative. They'll be asked if Illinois…
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This story first appeared as Illinois Issues' State of the State column in the October 2014 edition of the magazine.Twenty-fourteen was going to be a…
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It felt like summer in Chicago, but it was barely spring. In mid-March — a time of year when the highs are usually in the upper 40s — temperatures hit the…