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Illinois Policy Institute’s strategy with Workers’ Rights Amendment mirrors what House Dems have done in the past

I don’t blame the House Democrats for opening the historical door to this Illinois Policy Institute line of attack. But this sort of thing has to stop, although I doubt it will until voters start punishing those who use it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governors in their own words

Sneed provides remembrances of interviews with chief executives going back to Richard Ogilvie.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to buy Chicago-area cannabis operations in deal connected to $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care merger

Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to buy nine cannabis retail stores and three production facilities in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts for $185 million as part of required antitrust divestitures for the pending $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care megamerger.

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Cresco Labs Gains 'Firm Visibility' With Recent Asset Sales To Sean Diddy Combs

Cresco Labs Inc (OTCMKTS: CRLBF) and Columbia Care Inc (OTCMKTS: CCHWF) announced the signing of definitive agreements to divest certain New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts assets to an entity owned and controlled by

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Union Station: Illinois voters to decide whether to adopt collective bargaining amendment

Note: With the election around the corner, we’ll be taking a break from Union Station next week and helping support our results team efforts. The next edition of Union Station will arrive on Nov. 18. In the meantime, visit Ballotpedia for next week’s election results and ongoing analysis.

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Harley Hit With A Third Federal Class-Action Antitrust Lawsuit In 2022

A third Federal antitrust class-action lawsuit was filed in Illinois in November, 2022, which seeks relief for class members across multiple states.

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Sean 'Diddy' To Buy Cannabis Assets From Cresco & Columbia Care, Creating The Largest Minority-Owned MSO

Cresco Labs (OTCQX: CRLBF) (CSE:CL) and Columbia Care (OTCQX: CCHWF) (NEO:CCHW) (CSE:CCHW) announced the signing of definitive agreements to divest certain New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts

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New Illinois law gives cops choice not to jail people for small amounts of drugs — a follow-up to our ‘Costly toll of dead-end drug arrests’ investigation

The change follows a Sun-Times/Better Government Association investigation last year that documented the impact of “dead end” drug arrests in which people are briefly locked up, only to see the charges soon dismissed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Big Ten football Buckeyes Wire midseason conference awards

We're handing out Big Ten football conference midseason awards and comparing things to what we believed would happen at the start of the season. #B1G

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Pritzker moves to make abortion more accessible to people in prisons

In removing fees and promising access, Illinois joins a handful of states providing abortions for incarcerated people.

Chicago Sun-Times

Even if there is a red wave in Illinois, in Senate race, Dem Duckworth holds lead over GOP’s Salvi

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth heads to the Tuesday vote leading Republican Kathy Salvi in two key metrics, polls and fundraising.

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Missouri Marijuana Legalization, New Jersey Home Grow, Pot Taxes In Hawaii, Weed Sales In Illinois

Marijuana Legalization In Missouri: Black Leaders Divided Over Ballot Measure

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Would-be minority pot entrepreneurs say state rules are scaring off investors

Regulations for businesses who got licenses in Illinois ‘social equity’ lottery make it hard to raise cash, panelists at a City Club luncheon said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Valuable Lincoln artifacts are taken from a Springfield museum as feuding with a not-for-profit intensifies

The fate of 1,500-plus artifacts, including some tied to Lincoln’s murder, is unclear as a foundation pulls items out of a state Lincoln museum.

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No. 14 Illinois, Michigan State heading in opposite directions

Illinois ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.9 points per game), total defense (224.5 yards per game) and passing efficiency defense (77.9).

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All candidates for Cook County Commissioner District 13 in Illinois complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Cook County Commissioner District 13 in Illinois — Josina Morita (D) and Andrew Border (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

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Man charged with making death threats against Republican candidate for governor in Illinois

The caller is facing felony charges for threatening a public official

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Michigan State vs Illinois Prediction Game Preview

Michigan State vs Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

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New health care facility going up on Southwest Side will be home to geriatric program

Construction has begun on a new Esperanza Health Center in Brighton Park that will host one of Illinois’ first federally-qualified PACE programs

Chicago Tribune

Bears hosted 1st girls flag football championship in Illinois. Officials want to make the game an IHSA-sanctioned sport by 2024.

CHICAGO — Kenwood Academy High School senior Kennedy Scott started tossing around the football with her twin brother in 2021 when he was getting ready to play tackle football for Urban Prep Academy.

Chicago Tribune

President Biden, Vice President Harris headed to Chicago area to stump for Democrats in closing days of campaign

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will both make appearances in the Chicago area in coming days to try to shore up Democratic congressional candidates’ election chances in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Avalanche of mail hitting Illinois voters, but funding behind partisan ‘newspapers’ not disclosed

The publishers of controversial newspapers with heavy political messaging targeting Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker are able to avoid disclosure requirements covering campaign committees.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois AG sues to stop Jewel-Osco parent Albertsons from paying $4 billion dividend

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has sued grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, which announced in October they plan to merge, over a nearly $4 billion payment scheduled to go out to Albertsons shareholders in November.

Chicago Tribune

Proud Boys member from Illinois pleads guilty to assaulting officers in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

An Aurora, Illinois, man who is an admitted member of the far-right group Proud Boys pleaded guilty Wednesday to using a flagpole to assault officers trying to hold back the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, then later bragged in a text message that he’d…

Chicago Tribune

Northwestern performs first heart transplant in Illinois using ‘heart-in-a-box’ device

For the first time in Illinois, surgeons have successfully taken a heart that stopped beating inside a patient and transplanted it into another person with the help of a new, science fictionlike device.

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