Members of the public got their first chance to speak directly to state lawmakers Wednesday about a proposed set of new congressional district maps, and most of those who did were critical of the plan.
A top Chicago police union official on Wednesday referred to the organization’s vaccine standoff with Mayor Lori Lightfoot as “The Hunger Games” and warned younger officers that if they gave in on this, “What issue is next?”
Republicans used the light legislative days to make a case against one of the main Democratic agenda items and to push for some of their own.
Illinois is one of the few states where Democrats control redistricting, and the party nationally is looking to the state for help in 2022.
Advertising has taken up the vast majority of the $8.2 million Pritzker's campaign has spent in the previous three months.
"I don’t feel like the onus is on us to go in there in an emergency situation that was created by poor government and a lack of support the officers receive," said Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain.
"This virus is no different than the gunfire we take as cops," Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said.
The panel said it would use the September map as a “starting point” for future legal arguments, including the submission of alternative maps by legal opponents next month.
A three-judge federal court panel in Chicago ruled Tuesday that the legislative redistricting plan that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law in June was unconstitutional.
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“We want to make sure that these numbers keep going down,“” he said.
The fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald seven years ago is looming large over Chicago's former mayor as he looks to win confirmation as President Joe Biden's ambassador to Japan.
Citing a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, Pritzker said “approximately 90,000 COVID-19 deaths among U.S. adults likely would have been prevented if they had chosen to get vaccinated.”
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The fall session of the Illinois General Assembly begins Tuesday with much of the focus on new congressional boundaries drawn by Democrats and aimed at retaining the party’s control of the state’s Washington delegation for the next decade.
Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing to repeal a law requiring that a parent or guardian be notified at least 48 hours in advance when a minor 17 or younger seeks an abortion. Consent is not required as it is in nearly half the states.
Since announcing his re-election bid in July, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent nearly $7 million in advertising, a sign of what confronts the four announced prospective Republican challengers seeking to take on the billionaire incumbent in next year’s election.
A lawsuit seeks to block new Illinois state legislative district maps, saying Black residents of East St. Louis were unconstitutionally split up into multiple House districts to help white Democratic incumbents in neighboring districts win reelection.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife M.K. Pritzker reported adjusted gross income of about $5.1 million in 2020, according to portions of his tax returns released by the billionaire Democrat's campaign.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pushed back a deadline for state employees of veterans' homes, prisons and other congregate facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as his office negotiates with labor unions representing some workers.
Much of Pritzker’s wealth is held in domestic and offshore trusts, many of which were set up in the Bahamas by his grandfather.
Questions about Jesse Sullivan’s background have surfaced since the resident of Petersburg in Central Illinois announced his first run for political office on Sept. 9.
The campaign released seven pages summarizing the governor’s and first lady MK Pritzker’s returns.