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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 · Mar 28, 2022

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 · Mar 28, 2022

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 · Mar 28, 2022

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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 · Mar 28, 2022

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.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 28, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

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 · Mar 28, 2022

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 28, 2022

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 27, 2022

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 · Mar 26, 2022

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 Sun-Times · Mar 25, 2022

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 Tribune · Mar 25, 2022

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 · Mar 25, 2022

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 · Mar 25, 2022

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Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2022

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 · Mar 23, 2022

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.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 23, 2022

Cresco agrees to buy Columbia Care in all-stock cannabis merger valued at $2 billion

Chicago-based Cresco Labs, one of the largest publicly traded cannabis companies in the U.S., may get a lot bigger after announcing its proposed acquisition Wednesday of Columbia Care in an all-stock merger valued at about $2 billion.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2022

Illinois turkey talk: High ridges, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, digital scouting, roosts; plus Stray Cast

Some suggestions come for those hunting new areas as turkey hunting seasons are about to begin in Illinois with the first youth season this weekend; plus the Stray Cast.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2022

Chicago’s Cresco Labs to become nation’s largest weed firm with planned $2B takeover

Cresco Labs announced plans Wednesday to take over Manhattan-based Columbia Care, marking the latest high-profile consolidation affecting Illinois’ booming cannabis business.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2022

Republican Gary Rabine touts support of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn

The endorsement comes less than two weeks after Michael Flynn appeared before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, during which the former national security adviser exercised his Fifth Amendment right.

Reason · Mar 22, 2022

Illinois Town "Issue[s] 62 Tickets to an Elderly Couple for Having Lawn Chairs in Their Front Yard"

Based on the allegations of the complaint, "[i]f this case were a Monell crime scene, [Melrose Park Village Mayor Ronald Serpico] left his fingerprints, footprints, and DNA all over the place.

Ballotpedia · Mar 22, 2022

Checks and Balances: Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules blocks governor’s emergency rule

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Benzinga · Mar 22, 2022

Miss Grass Cannabis Pre-Rolls To Reach Massachusetts And Illinois Via Partnership With AWH

Miss Grass has partnered with Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH) to distribute its line of premium THC to Massachusetts and Illinois.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 22, 2022

Local food producers insulated from national supply chain woes flourish during pandemic. ‘We saw a huge bump in demand.’

Just days after the state shutdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois farmer and brewer Matt Riggs faced a sober reckoning.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 22, 2022

To combat ongoing opioid crisis, Gov. J.B. Prizker announces Overdose Action Plan

Two years after issuing an executive order creating a committee to address the opioid crisis in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the formation of a statewide Overdose Action Plan to tackle a problem that only got worse during the pandemic.

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