The Latest Breaking News from Kwame Raoul

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey resumes calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ at state fair’s GOP day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 19, 2022

Illinois to spend up to $760 million from lawsuit settlement to confront opioid crisis

The money will come from Illinois’ share of a multistate settlement with drug companies.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 29, 2022

Illinois launches statewide gun trace database to combat illegal firearm trafficking

Crime Gun Connect will compile data about weapons from departments across the state.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 29, 2022

Attorney general files hate crime lawsuit against pair for harassing Black neighbor with racist effigy

The lawsuit is first filed under state hate crime laws.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2022

Put red light camera companies under the microscope

Attorney General Kwame Raoul should investigate the manner of compensation of red light camera companies throughout the Chicagoland suburbs and Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2022

Pritzker signs bill targeting smash-and-grab crime rings

Pritzker is familiar with the problem. A smash-and-grab crime ring dumped a cash register just yards from his Gold Coast home earlier this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 13, 2022

Aide to Ald. Gardiner tried to sell machine gun while on city time, authorities say — but he claims it was an antique that didn’t work

“Seeking to illegally sell a dangerous firearm ... on government time using government property demonstrates a shocking disregard for the people,” Attorney General Kwame Raoul said of Charles Sikanich’s alleged actions.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 28, 2022

Gov. Pritzker’s camp grapples with Dem Party Chair Rep. Kelly: Coordinated campaign an issue

“I think we can be a lot further along. We need more cooperation,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told the Sun-Times. “We’re moving in the right direction but too slowly.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 10, 2022

Durbin, Lightfoot, Raoul, Moseley Braun: At Ketanji Brown Jackson White House Supreme Court fete

Said Mayor Lightfoot: “Being a Black woman and ascending to the heights” that Jackson “has gotten to” means “you’ve been through it all, through every fight, you know, every trick, and you know how they don’t want us to succeed.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 9, 2022

Illinois’ Kwame Raoul among state attorneys general warning NFL to improve treatment of women

The letter outlines concerns of gender discrimination ranging from the NFL’s treatment of women who have experienced domestic violence to the hiring and promotion of women in NFL offices. It comes as Congress investigates how the league has handled claims of sexual harassment in the front office of…

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2022