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State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, R-Elmhurst, said ongoing and escalating crime is a serious issue, and is placing the blame on Democrat-backed legislation such as the SAFE-T Act for exacerbating it.
This update is the second in a two-part series on the legislation that passed during the 2022 Illinois General Assembly session. This part covers a suite of bills to support law...
This is how the week leading up to the legislature’s April 8 adjournment played out.
Here's a look at 13 pieces of crime-related legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly — and how close they are to becoming law.
We’ve reached a breaking point on crime in Illinois and supermajority Democrats in the state legislature know it. So as June’s primary elections approach, they’ve introduced legislation to create a Crime Reduction Task Force that would “develop and propose ways to reduce crime across the state.” Legislators, law enforcement, policy experts, victims and witnesses would “review research and best practices while taking expert and witness testimony” and then issue findings and recommendations to lawmakers and the Governor by March 1 of next year.