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Anti-Pritzker PAC tries to suppress the Black vote in Chicago, Biden plans visit to Illinois and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Illinois Voters Asked Whether To Give Government Unions Veto Power Over Laws They Don't Like

Amendment 1 would grant public workers collective bargaining power over just about anything that affects them, ignoring the will of voters and lawmakers.

Reason

How a national book-banning trend erupted at a suburban Chicago library, with pushback aimed at LGBTQ materials

It all started with one parent’s complaint about a book in the children’s section of the Lincolnwood, Illinois, library this summer.

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Billionaire Gov. Pritzker uses trust to skirt contribution limits in Illinois Supreme Court races

CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using his personal trust fund to circumvent contribution limits in two races that will determine whether his party maintains its 4-3 majority on the Illinois Supreme Court.

Chicago Tribune

Pritzker gives shoe leather and big bucks to Democrats running for state’s top court — but GOP says he’s skirting the law

Pritzker gave $500,000 each to the candidates from his campaign fund — and another $500,000 to each from a personal trust fund. Republicans accuse him of skirting limits he himself signed into law. But the Illinois State Board of Elections says the contributions are allowed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Madigan skips arraignment as lawyers enter plea of not guilty on new AT&T conspiracy charges

CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan didn’t say a word during his first arraignment on federal racketeering charges in March.

Chicago Tribune

Darren Bailey’s uphill candidacy for farmers, cops and Illinoisans who feel ‘pushed aside’

DU QUOIN, Ill. — In his thick country drawl, Darren Bailey stood at a lectern clutching a microphone, trying to convince a crowd in his rural home base of southern Illinois that he speaks their language.

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After a tumultuous first term, Gov. J.B. Pritzker spends big and plays it safe in reelection bid

In late August, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, billionaire scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, sat at a folding table at City Hall in Christopher, a town of fewer than 3,000 people 300 miles south of his Gold Coast mansion.

Chicago Tribune

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Lying Illinois prison officers go unpunished in 2018 inmate death, despite convictions of three guards

Testimony in the case came from six Illinois Department of Corrections employees who admitted they lied to investigators. None has faced punishment, and they all continue to get regular pay increases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Six candidates from three parties fighting for two offices voters know little about — but probably should

Democratic state Comptroller Susana Mendoza and state Treasurer Michael Frerichs are facing challenges from Republicans Shannon Teresi and Tom Demmer and Libertarians Deirdre McCloskey and Preston Nelson.

Chicago Sun-Times

A way to get solar energy — no rooftop panels required — is making headway in Illinois: ‘Community solar is about to explode’

CHICAGO — There are no shiny black solar panels on the roof of his condo building, but Paul Dickerson is enjoying the benefits of clean energy just the same.

Chicago Tribune

Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate death

Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018

The Independent UK

“Birds are congregated where there is food with water on its feet,” INHS’s aerial waterfowl survey

The latest blog from Joshua Osborn and data off the latest Illinois Natural History Survey’s aerial waterfowl survey.

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Federal lawsuit threatens validity of potentially tens of thousands of Illinois mail-in, military ballots

CHICAGO — A pending federal lawsuit, brought by a downstate Republican congressman and two GOP officials, could invalidate potentially tens of thousands of mailed general election ballots that are cast by Illinois voters, including military members serving overseas, and postmarked on or before this coming Election Day but received by…

Chicago Sun-Times

A new poll showed 52% of Illinoisans think state is on wrong track. That’s actually good news.

Residents have overwhelmingly agreed on one thing over the years: Illinois sucks. The new sentiment shows something different.

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Pritzker’s ex-tollway chairman accused in lawsuit of trying to steer contracts, hire pals at agency

The suit accuses now-former Illinois State Toll Highway Authority chairman Will Evans and the agency’s general counsel of meddling in procurement and hiring.

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Final 2022 AP Illinois high school football rankings

This season’s final rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

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Southern Illinois couple must serve 14 days in jail for role in U.S. Capitol attack

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas Hogan also put Christopher and Tina Logsdon on probation for three years — noting that it would last until after the next presidential election.

Daily Mirror

Landlady found dead in freezer of home she was renting out as tenant charged

The body of 69-year-old Frances Walker was found dismembered in a freezer after police were called out to blood curdling screams coming from the property in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times

Little common ground between Attorney General Kwame Raoul and challenger Tom DeVore

The incumbent and his Republican opponent on the November ballot are on opposite ends of, among other things, the fight over a major criminal justice reform signed into law last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Resumes, hometowns, politics vary more than three secretary of state candidates’ plans for job-rich office

Former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias of Chicago is the front-runner to complete his political comeback over central Illinois GOP state Rep. Dan Brady and suburban Libertarian Jon Stewart.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Senate forum: Duckworth, Salvi find rare common ground — but it’s in Arlington Heights for Bears stadium

In the forum hosted by the Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and WTTW, Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi disagreed on abortion, guns and a host of issues, but both said they support the Chicago Bears moving from Soldier Field to Arlington Heights.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois student test scores remain far below pre-pandemic levels in reading and math

Students in all racial and ethnic groups saw their scores drop since 2019, exacerbating historic achievement gaps between white and Asian students and other students of color.

Chicago Sun-Times

The hen-to-rooster ratio changed for Illinois’ controlled pheasant hunting, which starts soon

The hen-to-rooster ratio for Illinois’ controlled pheasant hunting program changed this season as sign-up starts.

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