Chicago neighborhoods where community violence intervention is most active have some of the largest declines in gun violence ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Illinois officials released a four year plan — created by a team from the University of Illinois along with a state agency — that officials hope will reduce violence and create ...

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Reducing Gun Violence: How the Community and Police are Working Together – Moderated by: Steve Perkins, MPI Director of Field Instruction – Panelists: Jalon Arthur, Director of Strategic Initiatives, ...

Bryan Ransom Jr. at his home on the west side of Chicago. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project On a recent Tuesday, dozens of people lined the block waiting their turn at a food pantry ...

Domestic violence survivors seeking shelter continued to flood the state’s hotline last year, as the scarcity of safe housing reached “crisis” levels in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, according ...

Shootings related to domestic violence in Illinois were significantly more lethal in 2023 even as their overall number remained mostly stable from previous years, a new report from The Network: ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday night to add new protections for domestic violence survivors who file an emergency restraining order. Under the plan, an abuser's ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Every year the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence releases their homicide report. Their report for 2024 shows a 14% increase in domestic violence related deaths from the ...

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