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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold

Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.

State Rep Ken Dunkin, one of the leaders of the legislative black caucus, says city leaders are clueless about fighting violent crime in Chicago.

The capture of the Sinaloa cartel leader won’t stop the flow of drugs, says a west-sider locked up for selling heroin