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State election law drama isn't over
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 hours agoThe law prohibited local party slating of legislative candidates when no candidate had run in the primary. The timing, Noll declared, imposed a “severe restriction on the right to vote,” based ...
Mayor’s pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on hair,...
Chicago Sun-Times· 14 hours agoHearing that came as a surprise to Anthony Jones, who owns Anthony Jones Salon in the northwest...
Pritzker on the move
Politico· 2 days ago“You heard that in 2021. You heard that in 2022. You heard that in 2023. You’re hearing it in...budget every single year.” The day got busier: The ...
Editorial: A Pritzker program to boost disadvantaged farmers has left them holding the bag
Chicago Tribune· 14 hours agoIn early March, Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrived in Peoria to announce that he was giving away free food...
Vice president asks Marylanders to back Alsobrooks with gun control bills on the line
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoVice President Kamala Harris, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington on Friday, threw the weight of...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
US News & World Report· 4 days agoHere’s the good news: Illinois lawmakers under Gov. J.B. Pritzker passed a balanced budget for the sixth straight year, protecting the state’s credit rating and continuing ...
Speaker Mike Johnson’s Illinois swing
Politico· 5 days agoThe IL-17 is a swing district that includes part of Rockford in northern Illinois and Rock Island to the west. In 2022, Sorensen edged out Republican...
Changes to Biden's Cabinet Expected in a Second Term
Time via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA seemingly endless parade of aides and fundraisers—especially in election years—often ask if reporters had heard their boss was up for a plum gig. Well,...
Why Gavin Newsom’s Gun Control Constitutional Amendment Hasn’t Gone Beyond California
Lost Coast Outpost· 13 hours agoSince Gov. Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment one year ago, there has been far more progress on online petitions than in other state legislatures. His team says the effort will pick up speed in 2025. Story from @CalMatters.
Chicago leaders react to Biden’s executive order ahead of convention limiting asylum-seekers at the...
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoWhen President Joe Biden announced his executive order restricting asylum-seekers this week, he...
