The heightened concerns over safety and political violence come two years after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed widespread fraud for his loss a claim that fueled the riot at the U.S. Capitol and further polarized the political landscape.
In the first of two official debates in the governor’s race this month, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday night finally faced the candidate whose victory in the Republican primary election this summer was helped along by $30 million in spending by the billionaire Democrat whom he’s also spent months labeling “too extreme for Illinois.”
Illinois residents who appeared in a photograph on Google Photos could get a piece of a $100 million settlement, a new state law that takes effect next year is spurring pushback from Illinois law enforcement, and the Chicago FBI is warning residents of a new computer scam targeting older Illinoisans.
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Democrats’ annual Illinois State Fair rally day in Springfield on Wednesday featured all the usual trappings of the affair: a well-attended brunch program in the morning, barbecue and beer out at the state fairgrounds in the afternoon, and antipathy for Republicans throughout.