In the year’s first quarter, Chicago had 96 murders, 15% fewer than the first three months of last year. Jeff Asher points to ...

Chicago authorities have ... cited a reported 6% positive-approval rate for Johnson, saying it "speaks volumes" of how the city is deteriorating crime-wise. Johnson responded that LaHood could ...

George Wiebe/Sun-Times Share SPRINGFIELD — Hate crimes, intimidation and extremism are on the rise in Illinois ... but a hate crime.” To curtail the increase in threats of violence and ...