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Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday named the men and women he's asked to assess crime and punishment in Illinois. The Illinois State Commission on Criminal…
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This week, Governor Rauner's efforts toward allowing government workers to stop paying union dues and toward revising the state's criminal justice…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner visited a state prison Wednesday. It’s the first time a sitting governor has done that in years.Rauner says an overhaul of Illinois’…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Wednesday he would convene a commission to look at criminal justice policy.State prisons in Illinois are at 150…
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Illinois has a clear ambition for what it would like to do with members of its criminal class, and it’s right there in the name of the state agency set up…
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Editor's note: January marks a new phase in our journalism. Following the merger of WUIS and Illinois Issues, we now have enough journalists to enable…
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Not long ago, attempts to raise criminal penalties in Illinois were met with a standing joke. All such legislation had to make it through the Senate…
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The state agency that oversees prisons does not expect to make significant changes to its operations, following the escape of an inmate last week from a…
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A watchdog group says whoever wins the race for governor is going to face difficult choices about Illinois’ prisons. The group on Wednesday is laying out…
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to reduce penalties for drug possession. Two years ago, Chicago began allowing its police…