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Funds Being Distributed to Police Agencies to Fight Carjackings in Illinois (Springfield, IL) (via The Center Square) — Millions of dollars

The Illinois Secretary of State is distributing millions of dollars to law enforcement agencies and task forces in Illinois in an effort to combat carjackings and car thefts.

For Alexi Giannoulias, news of carjackings hit close to home.

The $21 million in grants will be funded through a dollar assessment charged annually on Illinois auto insurance policies.

(Springfield-jm) – No vaping inside public places under a bill that passed the Illinois Senate Thursday. The legislation updates the Smoke-Free Illinois Act that banned smoking regular cigarett...

Greenwich Police arrested a Bridgeport man who allegedly brandished a weapon during the theft of a catalytic converter last year.

(The Center Square) – Millions of dollars are going out to police organizations around Illinois in an effort to combat carjackings. More than 1,600 armed carjackings were reported in Chicago last year, and although the ...

More than half of Alexi Giannoulias' total funding is earmarked for the Illinois State Police and the Chicago Police Department.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday plans to announce $21 million in grants to police departments and task forces across the state in an effort to tamp down on a three-year surge in armed carjackings.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced that his office is awarding more than $21 million in grants to six police organizations to combat carjackings and motor vehicle thefts in the state.