DeKalb mayor and Democrat Cohen Barnes announced Friday he’ll seek office in 2024 as the next State Representative for the 76th Illinois House District, currently held by Democrat Lance Yednock who won’t seek reelection.
DeKalb County voter turnout came in at 10% Tuesday, according to data released by the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. That’s compared to 9.83% in the last consolidated election in April 2019 and 14.59% in 2021.
This spring, an investigation from ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune showed how students are ticketed by police for in-school incidents and have to pay fines. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin looks at how much DeKalb students have had to pay over the past few years…
Federal data has shown Illinois schools suspend and expel Black students at disproportionate rates. Now we know it’s happening with tickets and fines, too.
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