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Better Government Association contributing reporter Dan Vock talks with host Amy Guth about how Illinois prisons are struggling to contain COVID and how the pandemic exacerbated the system’s long-standing issues in medical and mental health care.

Chicagos next mayoral election may be 16 months away, but Crains Chicago Business is about to expand its coverage of politics and government in a big way.

When Europeans first came to the Americas in the middle of the last millennium, scholars estimate that there were roughly 60 million Indigenous people here. And while the actions and

White Americans can handle truth about the nations history Published 4:21 p.m. today When Europeans first came to the Americas in the middle of the last millennium, scholars estimate that there were roughly 60 million indigenous people here. And while the actions and motivations of those who immigrated to this hemisphere obviously ran the gamut, there is simply no denying that the impact on the native population was catastrophic. The arrival of Europeans led – both through the rapid spread of...

If you have elected judges, one man one vote includes updating judicial boundaries. This remap has to be done. Everyone focuses on the election for the 3rd district, but the second district will be up in 2022 as well. And the Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Kendall would control that race under the current map and I would say that easily leans dem now. Pesky constitution…. :) A great many moving parts… granted, many “might” feel alienated including the “money folks” who seemingly took th...

* Wall St. Journal editorial… After this week’s release of decennial Census apportionments, the 2022 redistricting battles are underway. If you’ve been reading the press, you know what to expect: Republicans will gerrymander relentlessly to squeeze more GOP House seats out of red and purple states, while Democrats will model high-minded good governance and draw maps without regard to politics. OK, maybe not exactly. The post-2010 liberal zeal for nonpartisan map-drawing seems to be abati...

waking up to the prospects that Mitch McConnell will no longer be Senate Majority Leader is priceless. Today’s sedition antics by some GOP senators and congress people will not be forgotten. The extent of corruption by russian influence into the GOP must be investigated. 2021 is really starting to look like a much better year than last year. Spring time in America. Can’t remember where I heard that. Oh well, I’ll just ask McSweeney. The “Flight” from Illinois for warmer weather an...