Tonia Hill

1 week ago | thetriibe.com | Tonia Hill

The Illinois General Assembly is expected to close out the current legislative session on May 31, the deadline to approve and pass a balanced state budget. Lawmakers will have to think of ways to close a $3 billion budget gap and fund transportation, pensions and more. Criminal justice advocates, however, are hoping that the Illinois legislature also will pass five proposed bills they’ve long advocated for on the behalf of imprisoned and formerly incarcerated people.

2 weeks ago | thetriibe.com | Tonia Hill

On Friday morning, dozens of Black clergy condemned what’s being described as a probe by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) into the city of Chicago’s hiring practices. The group says they enthusiastically support Mayor Brandon Johnson. “The attacks on our state and our city are premeditated because Chicago stands at the epicenter of justice,” said Jonathan Brooks, Johnson’s longtime pastor and leader of Lawndale Christian Community Church.

2 weeks ago | southsideweekly.com | Tonia Hill

This story was originally published by The TRiiBE. A last-minute update to an ordinance that would give the Chicago Police superintendent sole authority to enact a “snap curfew” with a 30-minute notice passed out of committee today with a 10-7 vote. The Chicago City Council is expected to have the final say during a scheduled meeting on Wednesday. There’s speculation that the vote may be deferred and published, which is a procedural maneuver that would move the vote to June, Ald.

2 weeks ago | thetriibe.com | Tonia Hill

This story was co-produced in partnership with South Side Weekly. Teens are often absent from conversations that concern them. Not because they don’t have insight to add to these conversations, but because adults believe they know what’s best. This summer, as in previous years, the adults are trying to decide what to do with large teen hangouts called “trends.” Ald.

4 weeks ago | thetriibe.com | Tonia Hill

The cause of death for Javion Magee, the 21-year-old Chicagoland truck driver who was found dead in North Carolina last year, has been ruled a suicide by the state’s Medical Examiner’s Office. The TRiiBE requested a copy of the autopsy report from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner following Magee’s death in September 2024. The medical examiner’s office sent the autopsy and toxicology reports in an email on Wednesday.