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Gov. Pritzker declares Illinois Salvation Army Week
The Pantagraph· 7 days agoIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared this week, May 13-19, as Illinois Salvation Army Week.
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker prison plan
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut no matter what the panel decides, the Pritzker administration can go ahead with its plans so long as money is built into the state’s next budget. “I want everybody...
Does the DOJ target more Republicans than Democrats? Here’s the data
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe long-standing allegation from former President Donald Trump is that President Joe Biden has...
California Democrats want Gavin Newsom to close more prisons over cutting child care, welfare
The Sacramento Bee· 5 days agoCalifornia Democrats worried about deeper child care and social safety net cuts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget want the state to instead close more prisons. Assemblyman ...
Gerald Reed's decadeslong Chicago double murder case ends with not-guilty finding
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoThe same year, Gov...J.B. Pritzker commuted Reed’s life sentence in the killings to “time served” because of health risks he faced in prison during the pandemic, and Reed ...
Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black...
WKBT La Crosse· 4 days agoDaniel Perry returns to his chair after being sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster...
Man sentenced to four years in prison for overdose death
Wisconsin State Journal· 10 hours agoSteven L. Price Jr., 27, of Madison, is at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections' Redgranite...
Mayor Johnson heads to Canada
Politico· 6 days agoMcCoppin — Some policy research: Long-term liabilities weigh on state finances, via Pew — Prison educators and abolitionists have mixed feelings about Pritzker’s proposal ...
Pro-Palestine groups rally at 18th District police station
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoDozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in River North on Sunday calling for Illinois to divest from Israel and for justice for wrongfully convicted people in the state ...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry visits Catholic schools to boost support of ESA bill
ABC 26 New Orleans· 4 days agoLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is hoping to gain support for a bill that would allow some students to...