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‘Ghost’ guns are a gift to criminals. It’s time to ban them

Without the ability to track the chain of custody, law enforcement will have a much harder time solving gun crimes. That’s unacceptable at a time when gun violence is plaguing so many Illinois communities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Florida man who threatened to behead AOC and Pelosi sentenced to 18 months in prison

Paul Vernon Hoeffer pleaded guilty to calling members of Congress and Illinois prosecutor with violent threats

The Independent UK

US Big Tech Continue To Raise Global Regulatory Concerns

The House Oversight Committee on Friday launched an investigation into Amazon.com Inc's (NASDAQ:AMZN) labor practices, CNBC reports. The House demanded information about a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois in 2021 as a tornado hit the warehouse, killing six workers. The workers had alleged inadequate safety protocols for severe weather events. The Competition Commission…

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Defendants on home confinement now get 2 days a week to roam freely, and some are getting in trouble

Since a new provision of the Illinois SAFE-T Act took effect Jan. 1, dozens of people on home confinement in Cook County have been arrested while free of supervision, records show.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Nobody came back alive’ — Tema Bauer, one of Illinois’ oldest Holocaust survivors, has died at 105

She lost all 38 family members and her right arm to the Nazis but found a new life in Chicago with fellow survivor Morris Bauer, who “told her that she need not worry about the future because he would always take care of her.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats air TV commercial attacking Republican Richard Irvin’s work as criminal defense lawyer

It’s certainly not the first time the Democratic Governors Association has tried to influence a GOP primary for Illinois governor. But Republican Richard Irvin’s campaign said the new ad shows “Pritzker is running scared,”

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois is now better off without payday lenders

One year after a law was passed to cap interest rates, low-income people have access to better, lower-cost borrowing products.

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Comcast strikes 15-year deal to use massive solar development to power Chicago operations beginning in 2025

Channel surfing may soon be a solar-powered activity in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

Families of crime victims head to Illinois capital to plead for more support and alternatives to traditional law-and-order methods

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Maria Pike found her calling after her son Ricky was shot and killed in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in August 2012.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago mulls a possible bid to host 2024 Democratic National Convention

CHICAGO — Illinois’ top Democrats have put together an organized effort to consider pitching Chicago to national party leaders as the site for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominating convention, officials said Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune

Pritzker, Lightfoot, Duckworth working on pitch for 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is working with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team and a litany of other top Democrats in the state to start laying the extensive groundwork needed to put together a bid for what would the city’s first major political convention since 1996.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands of Illinois homeowners stand to benefit from flood insurance reform

Nearly 1.2 million National Flood Insurance Program policyholders nationwide are eligible for an immediate decrease in flood insurance premiums.

Chicago Sun-Times

IAA Expands Branches In Illinois, Iowa

IAA, Inc (NYSE:IAA) is expanding its branches in Iowa and Illinois to meet increased demand in the growing Midwestern market. The company doubled its capacity at the IAA Des Moines (IA) branch and increased by ~30% at IAA St. Louis (IL). "The branch expansions in Illinois and Iowa will help to meet growing…

Benzinga

Last picture show, for real: New book has gorgeous photos from the long fade of movie palaces

CHICAGO — For more than two years, whenever I’ve driven past the Cinemark 18 in Evanston, Illinois, arguably the go-to multiplex for the Far North Side, I have wondered what it looks like inside right now. How quiet it must be. Is the concession stand sticky? Are the seats dusty?…

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Mescaline, magic mushrooms and Mother Ayahuasca: Touting mental health benefits, advocates aim to decriminalize psychedelic plants in Illinois

CHICAGO -- Marine Corps veteran Justin Wigg was suffering from anger issues and other symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, but traditional medicine had been little help. So last fall, he traveled to Peru for a treatment that isn’t legal in Illinois — at least not yet.

Chicago Sun-Times

45th annual McDonald’s All-American Game played in front of a nearly sold-out crowd

Illinois had no representation in the girls’ or boys’ game this year, but Wintrust Arena had a near-sellout crowd of 8,261.

Benzinga

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…

Chicago Sun-Times

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…

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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.

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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.

Roll Call

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.

Chicago Tribune

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 Sun-Times

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.

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