Record Number of Chicago Homicides in January: In the first month of 2016, Chicago recorded the highest number of homicides since 2000. Aamen Madhani of USA Today reports that the city recorded 51 homicides in January of this year, compared to 29 in 2015 and 20 in 2014. Additionally, 241 shooting incidents were recorded, more than double the 119 recorded last January. The police department maintains that gang conflict and retaliatory violence are the main drivers of the spike in homicides, though they acknowledge that the increased scrutiny the department faces in the wake of the court-ordered release of a video showing the fatal shooting of a black teenager, as well as a decrease in investigative stops following the implementation of new rules on Jan.1, have also played a role.
Legislation Introduced to Combat Drug Epidemic: An Ohio senator, in response to the heroin and prescription drug epidemic sweeping Ohio and the nation, is calling for the passage of new legislation that aims to curb addiction. Curt Mills of the Washington Examiner reports that Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, warned during the weekly Republican address that heroin and prescription drug overdoses have surpassed car accidents as the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the country. First responders at an Ohio fire department say that they currently respond to more overdoses than fires. Portman's bill, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, would focus on prevention and education, and aid in the funding of recovery programs. Lawmakers in several states across the country, from Utah to North Dakota, have introduced similar legislation after seeing a dramatic increase in overdoses related to heroin and prescription drugs in their communities.
GOP Chairman Presses DOJ on Sanctuary Cities: Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, warns Attorney General Loretta Lynch that if she does nothing to prevent sanctuary cities from receiving federal law enforcement grants, he will take it upon himself to act. Caroline May of Breitbart reports that Culberson has called on Lynch to change the grant process for Department of Justice regarding sanctuary cities which that fail to comply with federal immigration authorities. Culberson plans to block funding for those jurisdictions in future appropriations bills and budgets if the Attorney General does not make the changes. In 2014, over 300 sanctuary cities in the U.S. released more than 9,000 criminal aliens that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was seeking to deport. In the following months, more than 2,300 of those released went on to commit new crimes.
Legislation Introduced to Combat Drug Epidemic: An Ohio senator, in response to the heroin and prescription drug epidemic sweeping Ohio and the nation, is calling for the passage of new legislation that aims to curb addiction. Curt Mills of the Washington Examiner reports that Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, warned during the weekly Republican address that heroin and prescription drug overdoses have surpassed car accidents as the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the country. First responders at an Ohio fire department say that they currently respond to more overdoses than fires. Portman's bill, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, would focus on prevention and education, and aid in the funding of recovery programs. Lawmakers in several states across the country, from Utah to North Dakota, have introduced similar legislation after seeing a dramatic increase in overdoses related to heroin and prescription drugs in their communities.
GOP Chairman Presses DOJ on Sanctuary Cities: Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, warns Attorney General Loretta Lynch that if she does nothing to prevent sanctuary cities from receiving federal law enforcement grants, he will take it upon himself to act. Caroline May of Breitbart reports that Culberson has called on Lynch to change the grant process for Department of Justice regarding sanctuary cities which that fail to comply with federal immigration authorities. Culberson plans to block funding for those jurisdictions in future appropriations bills and budgets if the Attorney General does not make the changes. In 2014, over 300 sanctuary cities in the U.S. released more than 9,000 criminal aliens that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was seeking to deport. In the following months, more than 2,300 of those released went on to commit new crimes.
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