(The Center Square) – Along with new taxes and tax increases, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.6 billion budget proposal for 2027 includes five-figure raises for dozens of city department heads and assistants. Alderman Raymond Lopez called out the pay increases during a Committee…
(The Center Square) – Illinois saw 1.16 million early ballots cast as of Wednesday, roughly on par with the previous midterm election’s early vote turnout. One political science professor says early voting may not be an important indicator for the state’s voters…
Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said “right-thinking Republicans” will likely vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. Pritzker said, “President Trump gives you so much material to work with, and he’s gotten to…
Alvin Martin Few, 62, of Florida, who was already serving a life sentence, got five more years and 11 months for mailing threats to a federal courthouse, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Few mailed a letter with “a threat to…
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois is coordinating with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to safeguard federal voting protections ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election, and to field complaints related to the…
(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania government has joined the challenging game of trying to display online the scope of what is one of the nation's biggest data center booms, and some observers aren't thrilled. A fourth, run by the market intelligence…
Loret Newlin is the director of Illinois Separation. They are leading the effort in 11 counties and several townships to let voters decide if they want to break away from Cook County and form a new state. The prime reason: Those…
A Chicago man has been sentenced to two years in the federal slammer for arranging armed robberies so that the “victims” could apply for a special immigration visa and remain in the United States. U.S. immigration law grants special…
A political fault line that has run through Illinois for years is moving onto ballots next week: voters outside Chicago will be asked whether their counties should explore leaving Cook County behind and forming a new state. The measures are…
Illinois Separation director Loret Newlin discusses the possibility of creating a new state without Chicago, feedback from voters regarding the measure and more. Illinois voters consider new state without Chicago Illinois Separation director Loret Newlin discusses the possibility of creating…
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