Vallas: Chicago needs a public safety act to counter SAFE-T Act
Vallas: Chicago needs a public safety act to counter SAFE-T Act
Chicago's rampant crime is not getting attention from city leaders. It is getting worse thanks to the SAFE-T Act. To fix that, city leaders need their own public safety act. And soon.
By Paul Vallas
Vallas: Ousting Chicago police from schools could boost violence
Vallas: Ousting Chicago police from schools could boost violence
The Chicago Board of Education is limiting students’ education options and now is putting their safety at greater risk. Bowing to the Chicago Teachers Union’s ‘defund the police’ ideology can expose students to more violence.
By Paul Vallas
Ron Kooyman
Ron Kooyman
“I’ve been in Chicago 30 years. I came to Chicago to do inner-city youth and children’s ministry. I was 36 years old then, and violence has gotten much worse since then. That’s horrendous for somebody to be killed by a couple of criminals in his own yard while putting [Christmas] lights on his house.” “Jose [Tellez]...
Chicago hits record high car thefts, record low arrests in 2023
Chicago hits record high car thefts, record low arrests in 2023
Chicago drivers reported more car thefts in 2023 than in any year since the city started tracking them. Arrest rates hit their lowest level of the period.
By Patrick Andriesen
Carjacking outside Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mansion thwarted by stick-shift car
Carjacking outside Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mansion thwarted by stick-shift car
A Chicagoan was carjacked just outside Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Chicago mansion. Chicago carjackings have more than doubled since 2019, with the attackers rarely caught.
By Dylan Sharkey
Marlon Chamberlain
Marlon Chamberlain
“If someone comes out of the system and says, ‘I want to go back to school’ or ‘I want to go and do this,’ if you continue to tell that person ‘no,’ it’s almost like you’re forcing them to go back to what they know.”
Vallas: Chicago violent crime up again, as city cuts police officers
Vallas: Chicago violent crime up again, as city cuts police officers
Chicago’s status as the nation’s murder capital was retained in 2023. So, what are city leaders doing about it? Cutting cops.
By Paul Vallas
Illinois indoor vaping ban starts on New Year’s Day
Illinois indoor vaping ban starts on New Year’s Day
Illinois’ New Year’s resolution starts with banning vaping indoors, and $100 fines for anyone who violates the law.
By Dylan Sharkey
Illinois has highest ‘Home Alone’ age in nation
Illinois has highest ‘Home Alone’ age in nation
Leaving a child under 14 home alone in Illinois is illegal. That’s the highest age of any state, with only three other states making that parental decision a matter of state law.
By Dylan Sharkey
Chicago car thefts at 11-year high in 2023 before year’s over
Chicago car thefts at 11-year high in 2023 before year’s over
Chicago set an 11-year record for car thefts with months still to go in 2023. Nearly 25,000 drivers through October failed to find their vehicles where they’d left them.
By Patrick Andriesen
Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago
Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago
In a single year, one Chicago neighborhood saw about 1 of every 250 residents carjacked. Carjackings citywide more than doubled in five years.
By Patrick Andriesen
Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?
Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?
The Johnson administration is playing a shell game on public safety. They’re likely hiring civilians for administrative positions to free up officers at local police districts, yet they’re eliminating more than double the amount of police positions currently vacant.
By Paul Vallas