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A version of this story was first published in the July 2, 2025 issue of the Newswire, an email newsletter that is your ...
The decree will prevent the state from disciplining counselors who engage in conversation “talk therapy” with LGBTQ youth.
The Carr Commission has entered into a Consent Decree with Sinclair and the shared services partners that absolves them of ...
Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from searching vehicles based ...
Brandon Johnson will veto a measure approved by City Council on Wednesday that would have given Chicago’s police ...
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials related to Chicago police officers’ fatal ...
The significant surge in shootings by officers in the first five months of 2025 comes more than six years after city and police leaders agreed to extensive oversight from a federal judge after decades ...
CPD reached preliminary compliance in 34% of consent decree paragraphs, and the other 7% of the consent decree paragraphs had not reached any level of compliance.
During the consent decree’s infancy, CPD was graded on just 215 “monitorable” paragraphs. The forthcoming report, to be released in the first half of 2025, will assess more than 600 paragraphs.
"I am writing to you today because of my grave concern over your proposed budget cuts to the CPD -- the deepest of which target units within CPD responsible for implementing the consent decree's ...
The latest assessment by the independent monitor has found the Chicago Police Department continues to make incremental progress in its consent decree obligations, but those efforts are under threat ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed Chicago budget for 2025 eliminates a number of positions that are responsible for court-mandated reforms. Mark Carney Wins Canadian Election Dominated By Trump ...