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Gov. JB Pritzker holds a news conference in Chicago last week. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
As Chicago suffers through one of the annual deep cold spells of winter, Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pleading with the Republican governor to “pause” sending migrants to Chicago and the suburbs during the dangerous winter weather.
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Heidi Mueller will become the next Department of Children and Family Services director on Feb. 1. [Department of Juvenile Justice]
Illinois’ troubled Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) will have a new leader when Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Director Heidi Mueller takes over on Feb. 1, and people working in Illinois social services hope Mueller provides change the agency desperately needs.
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Then-Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) holds a news conference in Springfield on July 7, 2022 to talk about gun policy following the Highland Park shooting. [Blue Room Stream]
Twelfth Congressional District candidate Darren Bailey has never been shy about his love for guns. He’s posted videos as a state lawmaker blowing up state budgets he voted against and does puzzles at his dining room table with assault weapons scattered around in protest of Illinois’ new ban.
Where has Bailey stood on gun rights and how did he balance support for the Second Amendment during his campaign for governor as he now fights U.S. Rep. Mike Bost for votes in a heavily conservative district?
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Former Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) and former President Donald Trump hold a rally in Adams County in 2022.
Delegates and campaign staffers for presidential candidates filed petitions with the State Board of Elections in Springfield on Thursday just over two months before Illinois voters choose how to distribute delegates to presidential candidates.
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The State Board of Elections
Just like how members of the Electoral College in each state officially elect the President of the United States, presidential nominees are voted on by delegates from each state when they meet at the party’s convention in the summer.
Delegates for presidential candidates in Illinois will file to run for office on Thursday and Friday alongside the presidential candidates themselves.
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