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A long primary campaign season reaches its crescendo Tuesday. Here’s a final look at the top races on the ballot.
“I don’t talk about all the hard work and dedication it takes to take care of my son and the effort and the hard work that his siblings put in. … This is gonna be the rest of our lives,” Erika Boyd told reporters shortly after the city authorized a $45 million settlement to cover her son’s medical care.
Closing the facilities for an extended period would all too likely disrupt and potentially destabilize the prison system, the executive director of Council 31 writes.
On the final weekend of campaigning before Illinois polls open, candidates treaded two well-worn campaign paths: St. Patrick’s Day parades and churches across the city.
In 451 BC, Pericles disenfranchised a quarter of Athenian citizens. Raising the case now is not a coincidence.
The push comes after similar efforts in Michigan and Minnesota shook President Biden’s reelection campaign, with more than 150,000 voters choosing to vote “uncommitted” over the president in those states’ primaries.
Niemerg’s Republican primary opponent, Jim Acklin, also faces nasty claims in the 102nd District race.
What does former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, who battled a serious childhood stutter, have to say about Donald Trump’s “B-B-B-Biden” ridicule at a political rally last weekend? “Call my mother,” Vallas advised.
The ex-judge’s top 25 individual donors include no African Americans and no women, a WBEZ analysis of her Illinois campaign filings finds.
The plan still requires legislative approval and places the governor at odds with AFSCME Council 31, the union representing 10,000 corrections employees.
Allies and rivals alike describe a “masterful” politician and talk about how she’s held onto power for so many years.
El respaldo del progresista en la contienda para reemplazar a la senadora estatal Natalie Toro podría ser de gran ayuda en un distrito ampliamente considerado como uno de los más izquierdistas de Illinois.
Janet Kilkelly is accused of illegally giving thousands of dollars in credits to businesses that were applying for liquor and gambling licenses.
The daughter of one mayor and sister to another, Mrs. Martino “had extraordinary experiences,” Monsignor Kenneth Velo said. “And yet ... she was ordinary. She was down to earth.”
The officer who shot and killed 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh in 2014 was cleared of wrongdoing twice by Chicago police oversight agencies.
The April 2021 pursuit that led to the devastating injuries suffered by Nathen Jones was one of a long line of Chicago police chases ending tragically. It also violated a newly-revised CPD policy intended to rein in vehicular pursuits. The payment, one of the largest in Chicago history, will help with the around-the-clock care Jones will need for the rest of his life.
Republicans killed a bipartisan border deal because they want to create a migrant crisis, not solve one.
Creating an online Social Security account helps prevent someone from doing it without your knowledge.
Top White House officials are facing the same push-back in Chicago as they did from Palestinian and Muslim leaders in Michigan. Their visit comes as early voting is already underway in Tuesday’s Illinois primary.
Biden’s voters are telling him to do better, be better, whereas Trump’s voters love him even when he’s the absolute worst.