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Lawmakers peppered the state agency that administers violence-prevention grants to community organizations with tough questions after 24 people were shot, three fatally, on one of the first warm weekends of the summer.
State Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) urged the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to step up violence prevention efforts before summer starts. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line; submitted]
Many worry the uptick in violence signals a bloody summer to come that officials are unprepared to address.
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