L. Nicole Trottie, Publisher https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/lntrottie/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:12:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png L. Nicole Trottie, Publisher https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/lntrottie/ 32 32 163009088 Spotlighting Our Hero: Lamenta Conway M.D, MPH https://www.chicagoreporter.com/spotlighting-our-hero-lamenta-conway-m-d-mph/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/spotlighting-our-hero-lamenta-conway-m-d-mph/#respond Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:52:36 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7847407 The Community Hero Spotlight program is a consortium of media partners highlighting ordinary people who are making an extraordinary difference in the lives of others and community. The Chicago Reporter encourages its readers to vote for our HERO: Lamenta Conway M.D, MPH. Heroes with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd most votes will receive money to […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/spotlighting-our-hero-lamenta-conway-m-d-mph/feed/ 0 7847407 No Cash Bail in Illinois:  Pretrial Fairness Act in Effect, Abolishing Cash Bail.  Here’s How the Cash Bail System has Changed, and What that Means for the Accused Awaiting Trial. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/no-cash-bail-in-illinois-pretrial-fairness-act-in-effect-abolishing-cash-bail-heres-how-the-cash-bail-system-has-changed-and-what-that-means-for-the-accused-awaiting-trial/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/no-cash-bail-in-illinois-pretrial-fairness-act-in-effect-abolishing-cash-bail-heres-how-the-cash-bail-system-has-changed-and-what-that-means-for-the-accused-awaiting-trial/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:20:39 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7847307 Following a highly contentious election cycle last year in which Republicans used the Pretrial Fairness Act to decry Democrats as being “soft on crime,” a series of legal challenges from state’s attorneys and sheriffs delayed the law’s implementation while the Illinois Supreme Court weighed its constitutionality. In a partisan 5-2 decision in July, the court’s […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/nearly-50-years-after-the-civil-rights-movement-why-is-equality-still-a-question/feed/ 0 7846569 TCR Weekly Briefs:  Biden Extends Student Loan Pause Into 2023 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tcr-weekly-briefs-biden-extends-student-loan-pause-into-2023/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tcr-weekly-briefs-biden-extends-student-loan-pause-into-2023/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846108 WASHINGTON D.C. | The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it is extending the student loan pause into 2023 due to legal challenges over President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Biden’s most recent extension of the student loan pause was set to end on December 31. However, as Biden’s one-time student loan forgiveness […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tcr-weekly-briefs-biden-extends-student-loan-pause-into-2023/feed/ 0 7846108 SAFE-T Act:  Illinois Legislators Weigh Changes to Law Says Disproportionately Affects Black and Brown Communities https://www.chicagoreporter.com/safe-t-act-illinois-legislators-weigh-changes-to-law-says-disproportionately-affects-black-and-brown-communities/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/safe-t-act-illinois-legislators-weigh-changes-to-law-says-disproportionately-affects-black-and-brown-communities/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:27:50 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846084 UPDATE: This original story has been updated to include comments by IL. House Speaker, Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch on the SAFE-T Act legislation, and its affects on communities of color and the impoverished. SPRINGFIELD |  The Illinois General Assembly finished its first week of the fall veto session without taking measures to the SAFE-T Act, known […]

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