SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday named a former Cook County judge and the chief of staff of his Republican predecessor to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.

Eight-year-old Navin Jones died March 29 at a Peoria hospital. Last week, the Department of Children and Family Services shared a report on the investigation that preceded the child’s death.
House Republicans Ask for a Performance Audit of DCFS
SPRINGFIELD – In the wake of the recent deaths of five children who were in contact with the state’s child protection agency and eight contempt citations against the agency’s director, House Republicans on Wednesday asked for a performance audit at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.