Illinois was promised reform without sacrificing safety. Now missing defendants, monitoring failures, frustrated prosecutors and innocent victims are fueling a growing question: How much more will Illinois endure before Springfield acts?
When the agency entrusted with protecting Illinois’ most vulnerable fails to show up in court, “miscommunication” isn’t enough. The questions now reach beyond DCFS to the Pritzker administration: Who knew, what failed, and who answers for it?
Chris Welch is under fire, Democrats face a reckoning, and Gov. JB Pritzker still won't say whether he has confidence in the man holding the gavel.
The walls are closing in on Chris Welch. As resignation demands spread, Governor JB Pritzker's refusal to demand accountability is facing its own reckoning.
As the Welch harassment scandal grows, Pritzker’s silence raises a defining question: Will Illinois leaders protect victims or protect their political power?
The chalk didn’t wash off 111th Street before the next SUV came. Juneteenth cookout massacre: 7 dead, 38 wounded. One week later, it’s Friday in Chicago again and JB Pritzker told Trump’s crime task force to stay out.
