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Media News, Midwest

New Illinois police reform bill makes state police misconduct database secret

  • By Kallie Cox
  • May 18, 2021

This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Illinois’ historic criminal justice reform law, hailed as.

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Iowa State ‘tweetstorm’ shows how Free Speech is stretched on college campuses seeking to allow diverse opinions

  • By Kallie Cox
  • February 23, 2021

College Republicans at Iowa State University tweeted after the November presidential election that students should “arm up” and later.

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Some Illinois media outlets push back against late night passage of major criminal justice reform bill

  • By Kallie Cox
  • February 16, 2021

Some news media are smarting from the late night passage of a groundbreaking Illinois criminal justice bill last month.

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