Violence up 7.2%: robberies, aggravated assaults, batteries hit 5-year highs
Chicagoans experienced 7.2% more violent crime between August 2023 and July 204, with cases of robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery at five-year highs.
Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois
Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...
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