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Report identified key vulnerabilities two years before cyberattack on LA Unified

LOS ANGELES — An internal report identified key vulnerabilities in the data systems of the Los Angeles Unified School District two years before hackers launched a major cyberattack that has disrupted operations this week in the nation's second-largest school system.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 8, 2022

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on the ‘coalition of the sane’ to defeat ‘the lunatic fringe’ as Democrats rally at state fair

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democrats looked to both the past and the future as rallying points on their day at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, castigating former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s one-term stewardship of the state and warning that the party’s candidate for governor in November, Darren Bailey, would…

Chicago Tribune · Aug 18, 2022

Chris Welch and the fight for control of Illinois Democratic Party

Once Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves office, the next Democratic governor will likely benefit from the precedent set by this intra-party battle.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 5, 2022