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The Better Government Association and its news partners Chicago Tribune, WBEZ, Injustice Watch and DataMade, won the awards from Chicago Journalists Association, which recognized ‘Fires’ investigation with its top prize.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos of Moline says she won’t seek reelection next year in northwest and west central Illinois’ 17th Congressional District after narrowly fending off Republican Esther Joy King in last year’s contest. “I feel it’s time for a new voice,” she said in a video announcement. It also comes as the district is starting to lean more heavily Republican. Once a rising star ...

Print Former security officials gave their testimony in the first congressional hearing to examine the Jan. 6 insurrection. TOP STORIES The Failures Before Jan. 6 Former security officials told Congress in a hearing that faulty intelligence was to blame for failing to properly prepare for last month’s bloody insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. They testified that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies did not provide them with specific warnings that the Capitol might come under att...