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Blagojevich sues for right to run again
Aug 2, 2021 7:47 PM - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich returned Monday to the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where he filed a lawsuit challenging a state Senate resolution that prevents him from running for state or local office.
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New COVID-19 cases per capita: Kane County lowest in the region, Will County highest
Aug 2, 2021 6:59 PM - DuPage County leads the region for COVID-19 vaccinations but also owns a less desirable metric -- the third highest number of new infections per capita. Here's how its neighbors rank. -
Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills
Aug 2, 2021 4:35 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed four bills into law Monday aimed at protecting the state's immigrant and refugee populations, saying they will help make Illinois "the most welcoming state in the United States" for immigrants. -
Immigration is our universal American story
Aug 1, 2021 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Last month, a federal judge in Houston ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was "illegal," which halted accepting incoming applications. -
Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress
Jul 30, 2021 1:36 PM - The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump's tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
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Without shift on tax policy, pensions and structural deficit threaten crisis for stateJul 30, 2021 12:22 PM - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Consider everything that feeds the creation of public policy. The one, critical element missing from all this chaos: long-term planning.
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How the left has used COVID-19 to bankrupt the United States
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Stephen Moore: I have never bought the conspiracy theories that COVID-19 was a diabolical political plot to undermine the country. But what is apparent with each passing week is that the virus has been the springboard for the left's agenda to transform America in a way that Sen. Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore or Rachel Maddow could have never imagined. -
New law aims to expand affordable housing through $75 million investment, tax credits
Jul 30, 2021 7:01 AM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a measure aimed at increasing affordable housing investment in Illinois, as well as a measure expanding the state's low-income energy assistance program. -
Pritzker orders masks inside all state buildings
Jul 29, 2021 6:10 PM - Masks now are required inside all state buildings, even for those who are vaccinated, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday. -
Lawsuit over redistricting amendedJul 29, 2021 3:24 PM - Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund have filed an amended complaint in federal court in a lawsuit that seeks to block a newly enacted legislative redistricting plan from going into effect.
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