Last week, CTA employee Julian Mobley went to work and never came home. He was fatally stabbed while serving the people who rely on Chicago's transit system.

The man charged with his murder, Chevazz Campbell, reportedly has seven prior felony convictions, including a case in which he stabbed a 17-year-old girl, allegedly because she was taking up too much space on the sidewalk. Despite that history, Campbell was on electronic monitoring at the time of Mobley's murder.

Illinois Democrats' controversial new cryptocurrency tax has been delayed six months amid an ongoing legal battle over whether the tax can be enforced.

Who could have seen this coming?

Three years after Illinois implemented the elimination of cash bail, the consequences of the state’s pretrial system are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Since the Pretrial Fairness Act took effect, defendants released into Illinois communities have been accused of committing violent crimes, while failures in electronic monitoring have raised serious questions about public safety and accountability.

State Rep. Mary Beth Canty went on WGN yesterday to talk about ethics reform. Instead, she spent the interview calling for reforms House Republicans have already introduced, while refusing to answer basic questions about whether she supports embattled Speaker Chris Welch.

According to Capitol Fax, State Representative Murri Briel has stepped down from Speaker Chris Welch’s Workplace Culture and Accountability Working Group, adding another setback to an initiative that was supposed to address workplace culture in the Illinois House but has instead turned into a publicity stunt that has only resulted in bad press.

Briel's departure comes amid allegations involving her conduct toward a former employee, including allegations that she supplied drugs in her campaign office and sexually harassed a former employee.

Speaker Welch created the Workplace Culture and Accountability Working Group in an attempt to save face, but the group is already falling apart before it even gets off the ground.

Two Democratic lawmakers whose names were floated for the group have declined to participate, while even Governor Pritzker has questioned whether a working group is the right approach.

After weeks of defending his handling of the Harry Benton scandal, Speaker Chris Welch is now attempting to rehabilitate his image with a desperate attempt at the creation of a new Workplace Culture and Accountability Working Group. Unfortunately, the group appears to be more about repairing the Speaker's political standing than repairing the culture of the Illinois House.