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Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday asked Congress to impeach and immediately remove the president from office.

Mike Mills was an award-winning hall of fame pitmaster, a restaurateur who became a worldwide ambassador for barbecue, the southern Illinois region and the role that cooking meat slowly over a smoky fire plays in restoring the soul. Mills, 79, who founded 17th Street Barbecue, turning a century-old building in downtown Murphysboro into an internationally known restaurant with a clientele that included top chefs and former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday, his daughter and restaurant co-owner Amy Mills said. Mills had reportedly been in ill health in recent months. No cause of death was gi...

When U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger was asked recently what it means to be a Republican in the era of President Donald Trump, the fifth-term congressman from Channahon chuckled, then turned serious. “I still hold that being a Republican in general means supporting national defense and smaller government. What does it mean today? I mean, in the state we’re in, I really don’t know,” Kinzinger said. “This is a moment in which what used to be in is out and what used to be out is in. Really, (what) the Republican movement seems to be at the moment — and I think it’s momentary — is...

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Brian Mackey / NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS This week, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced $700 million in cuts to the current fiscal year's state budget; a special investigating committee looking into House Speaker Michael Madigan's involvement in the ComEd bribery scandal wrapped up with no action; and Pritzker continues to weather criticism of his administration's handling of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home. Tony Arnold of WBEZ and Rick Pearson of the Chicago Tribune join the panel this week. Listen