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Top 10 States People Are Moving To And Leaving From

Life is rarely predictable, and things are always changing around us. Whether you’ve moved several times in your life or have always stayed in the same place, there’s no telling what the next chapter contains. In the near future, many Americans will wrap up their lives in one state and…

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Pritzker compares Illinois GOP to QAnon after state Senate rejects parole board appointees

Pritzker pronounced the GQP acronym slowly and carefully in response to a question about Monday’s state Senate vote. It’s been used by some Democrats nationally to label Republicans as the “Grand QAnon Party,” more interested in dismantling government and chasing dark conspiracy theories than…

Chicago Sun-Times

Tighter rules on electronic monitoring would put rights of the accused at risk

Legislators are considering two proposals that threaten the progress Illinois has made with the Pretrial Fairness Act, which put the state at the national forefront of pretrial reform.

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The top 20 locals in college basketball’s transfer portal

Among the many options for college coaches at all levels are former high school prospects out of Illinois who, for one reason or another, are on the move.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governor signs measure to pay $2.7 billion of unemployment fund debt

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to Senate Bill 2803 on March 25 allocating $2.7 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to help pay down the state’s $4.5 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt. The state will still have $1.8 billion of outstanding debt in the…

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Stellantis laying off more workers at Jeep plant in Illinois for 'sustainable' operations

Stellantis NV is laying off more workers at its Jeep plant in Illinois "in order to operate the plant in a more sustainable manner," the automaker said on Monday in a statement.

Tribune News Service

What plays in Peoria? Rep. Cheri Bustos would know - Roll Call

“I look at diversity in a much broader way … it’s not just racial or gender, but it’s geographical,” Illinois Democrat says.

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Editorial: What happened to ‘social equity’ marijuana? It’s tied up in court

Billions of dollars have been raked in by the state’s marijuana industry since recreational weed was legalized in Illinois two years ago.

Chicago Tribune

Amari Bailey is Chicago’s McDonald’s All-American

Bailey spent all four years of high school playing for Sierra Canyon and is signed to play for UCLA next season. Had he stayed in Illinois his mother, Johanna Leia said he would have attended Whitney Young.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Guard Andre Curbelo Announces Intention to Transfer

Curbelo, a former four-star recruit, ranked fifth on the team in scoring last season, averaging 7.5 points per game.

Sports Illustrated

Illinois Rep. Mary Miller gets GOP primary boost from Mark and Debra Meadows, suspected of voter fraud

Debra Meadows, the founder of the Right Women PAC backing Miller, is under a voter fraud cloud, along with her husband, Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois prison guards' trial in fatal inmate beating opens

A federal prosecutor says three Illinois state prison guards brutally beat a handcuffed 65-year-old inmate and conspired to cover it up

The Independent UK

Pass proposed bill to crack down on brazen, organized retail theft

Increasing retail theft threatens the safety of employees and customers and has a ripple effect, funding other criminal activity through the sales of stolen goods.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois launches economic development campaign to find the next Rivian and draw business beyond Chicago

Intersect Illinois, the state’s public-private economic development arm, has launched a new $1 million digital marketing campaign, “Be In Illinois,” aimed at luring companies to locate beyond the city limits of Chicago.

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Aging in the shadows: llinois’ new health care program for undocumented seniors leaves some of the most vulnerable behind

CHICAGO — For more than a decade, Ananias Ocampo pushed a heavy ice cream cart through the streets of the Pilsen neighborhood as he waited for knee replacement surgery. When it got too cold for ice cream, the 78-year-old would go door-to-door selling homemade cheese even though he depended on…

Chicago Sun-Times

High school football notebook: Tommy Ulatowski commits to Kent State, Illini recruiting coup, state finals on the move?

Like a lot of other high school kids whose recruiting was upended by the pandemic, St. Rita’s Tommy Ulatowski needed a backup plan.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois should make this budget fix for local government

Two proposals in the General Assembly would partially restore Local Government Distributive Fund revenue that was cut more than a decade ago.

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Don’t pass law creating more predatory lending in Illinois

The end result would be more abuse of personal injury litigation, which would drive up the costs of insurance for all of us.

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Boy shot and wounded by Sauk Village police officer after resisting arrest

The boy, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released, Illinois state police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Dems, GOP on opposite sides about helping state with American Rescue Plan money

Dems are boasting about using the money to pay down debt, while Republicans are complaining they didn’t get their way — when their party didn’t want the ARPA money to begin with.

Chicago Tribune

Two years. 33,000 dead. Tracing the pandemic’s toll across Illinois and one doctor’s family

CHICAGO — It was the early weeks of the pandemic. A mystery illness was spreading across the Chicago area. And Dr. Sandra McGowan-Watts felt powerless.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Prisoner Review Board should not be crippled for political gain

Despite the hyperbole and tough-on-crime rhetoric from Republican lawmakers, the Review Board is a moderate body, integral to the functioning of the justice system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Supreme Court rules no overall ban on pols using campaign funds to pay criminal defense lawyers

The case involved former Ald. Danny Solis (25th), who was under federal investigation, but his successor, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, had hoped state’s top court would set a precedent that could have broader implications for other politicians, such as former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and…

Chicago Sun-Times

Mending the frayed social safety net

Illinois’s COVID-battered aid agencies to get much-needed relief in governor’s new budget.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mom of man who could get resentenced thankful he could be freed after nearly 3 decades in prison

Larry Frazier, now 63, is the first convicted felon in Illinois to be recommended for a shorter sentence under a new state law.

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