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to address the pain in uvalde a short time ago saying this about these precious children who were killed in their classroom. >> days before yesterday, when these children were at school, some were receiving awards for perfect attendance. these kids will never attend school again. >> martha: the governor went on to talk about what happened at the school to lay out the facts around this, to bring clarity to some of what they are now learning. suddenly there was a disruption in the room. caught everyone's attention. a heckler that produced a heated and immediate response from the stage....

The trial of James Weiss stretched over seven days and featured 15 witnesses, including four who have held elected office.

The verdict is the second in less than two months to address separate bribery schemes inside the Illinois Capitol. Weiss is a son-in-law of former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios.

Closing arguments were set to begin Wednesday in the bribery trial of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of arranging to pay off two state legislators in exchange for their assistance pushing legislation beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming machine operation. James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a ...

James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a superseding indictment filed in October 2020 with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to the FBI. He has pleaded not guilty. The trial has given jurors — and the public — a glimpse into the largely uncharted world of sweepstakes machines, sometimes called “gray machines,” which ...