Gov. JB Pritzker Announces Four-Year Plan To Transform Illinois Juvenile Justice System
"The 150-year-old punitive model simply doesn't fulfill its mission," Pritzker said.
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"The 150-year-old punitive model simply doesn't fulfill its mission," Pritzker said.
With the first round of economic stimulus running out, millions of Americans are about to take a massive hit to their household budget.
Congress has taken off for the weekend without extending the weekly $600 jobless benefits that would help millions of workers who are struggling during the pandemic.
The PAWS pets of the week are Chilli and Benedict.
Mayra Ramirez, who was on a ventilator, fought for her life for six weeks, with the virus completely destroying her lungs.
ComEd has acknowledged it used bribes in Springfield to get legislation favorable to the utility giant and, and court documents say the scheme involved the speaker of the House, without naming the 78-year-old Madigan.
An alligator was captured in Lynwood after days of searching for the reptile.
Tammy Winchester said she and neighbors have spent their own money to clean the lots for years, but instead of complaining all that time, "we've tried to buy these lots and we've been denied."
There are no more Christopher Columbus statues on display in Chicago.
Cooler and more comfortable temperatures have arrived.
Look for partly cloudy skies Thursday night with upper 60s.
A Chicago police officer has been shot, and is being taken to a hospital Thursday morning.
After hearing from so many laid-off workers – frustrated by failures of the Illinois Department of Employment Security's new callback system - we asked IDES and the Governor's office how many people are staffing the phone lines, how that staffing breaks down, and where those people are.
