Springfield News
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JUL 01, 2022
Juvenile justice and mental health professionals speak to lawmakers in Chicago Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
Youths at Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities are not receiving the right mental health care, and in some cases aren’t receiving care at all, officials who work in the system told lawmakers Thursday.
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JUN 30, 2022
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), left, and Gov. JB Pritzker, right celebrate their election night victories. [Blue Room Stream & Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
A day after Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) completed a convincing win in the Republican primary, Gov. JB Pritzker is ready to defend his record and make sure voters know where Bailey stands on issues, too.
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Clockwise from the top left, Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison), Rep. Mike Zalewski (D-Riverside), Rep. David Welter (R-Morris), Rep. Denyse Stoneback (D-Skokie), Rep. Mark Luft (R-Pekin), Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Grayslake) and Sen. Eric Mattson (D-Joliet) all appear to have lost their primary races Tuesday.
Primary elections bring out the hardcore voters in each party, and results show the voters have likely ended the legislative careers of five Democrats and two Republicans in favor of challengers who fit more progressive or conservative views, respectively.
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JUN 29, 2022
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JUN 29, 2022
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) celebrates a victory in the Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]
Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) and Alexi Giannoulias will square off in the race for secretary of state in the general election, U.S. Reps. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Mary Miller (R-Ill.) survived primaries that pitted them against other incumbents, while Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) trailed and Rep. Mike Zalewski (D-Riverside) conceded late Tuesday night.
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JUN 28, 2022
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) was endorsed by former President Donald Trump at a rally in Adams County on Saturday. [Blue Room Stream]
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) believes he can turn Illinois red. After polls over the last month showed Bailey building a substantial lead over his fellow Republican contenders for governor, Bailey picked up a coveted endorsement from former President Donald Trump over the weekend that he is riding into Tuesday’s primary as he builds favor with Republican voters.
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Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin speaks to employees at a manufacturing facility in Wauconda on June 21. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin spent much of this year as the front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor. But Democratic organizations poured millions of dollars into ads attacking Irvin, and as the June 28 primary approached, Irvin found himself trying to stop Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) from claiming the nomination.
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JUN 27, 2022
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Clockwise from the top left: Former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois John Milhiser, Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington), Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), Nabeela Syed, Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, Rachel Ventura and Sen. Eric Mattson (D-Joliet) are some of the candidates facing competitive primaries Tuesday.
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a Republican challenger to Gov. JB Pritzker, two new nominees for Secretary of State for the first time since 1998, new congressional nominees, a new Supreme Court justice and which lawmakers they want representing them in Springfield.
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JUN 24, 2022
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Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago Friday. [Blue Room Stream]
Gov. JB Pritzker will call the General Assembly into a special session in the “coming weeks” to tackle reproductive legislation and shore up abortion protections in Illinois after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, he announced.
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JUN 24, 2022
Secretary of State Jesse White, middle, speaks about his support for Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia’s nomination for secretary of state at an event in Waukegan Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Secretary of State Jesse White turned 88 Thursday and spent his day voting early in Chicago with Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia and calling on voters to choose her as the next Democratic nominee for secretary of state.
