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Cryptocurrency firms suffer heavy losses in Illinois primaries after spending big

Cryptocurrency’s biggest Pac spent more than $10m for their candidates, only to be defeated by those who are anti-crypto

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Cryptocurrency and AI industries tested their influence in Illinois. It didn't go that well

The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics

The Independent UK

Pro-Israel group AIPAC notches its first real 2026 Democratic primary wins in Illinois

Two AIPAC-backed candidates won their House races, though several others fell short.

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Illinois heads to elect next senator and five congressional district candidates

Midwestern state has a slate of competitive races with money flowing in from donors including Aipac

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At the Races: Big primaries in the Prairie State - Roll Call

Midterm elections 2026: Here’s what you need to know about the key primary races taking place Tuesday in Illinois.

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With $200m to spend on the midterms, crypto hopes to repeat its 2024 success: ‘It’s the most critical time’

Candidates in both parties – but mostly Republicans – are seeing cash infusions after merely indicating support

The Guardian - US

Pot shop company files suit to blunt planned dispensary at former Rainforest Cafe, limit proximity of minority-owned stores

The lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County by GRI Holdings claims that the proposed Consume Cannabis dispensary at 605 N. Clark St. violates state law by opening within 1,500 feet of its Green Rose Dispensary.

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Delta-8, other mind-altering hemp products would be tightly restricted in Chicago under new proposal.

The substances exploded in popularity after a federal law unintentionally allowed businesses to sell the weed-like substances without regulations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Malcolm X College’s Far West Side satellite campus to get $9.5 million expansion

A 3,000-square feet addition to the satellite campus will be called the Community Center for Teaching and Learning. Besides boosting student capacity by 50% to 2,000, the community center will also serve as an events space.

Chicago Sun-Times

Groups rally at Federal Plaza to end overdose deaths in Illinois

Organizers called for Illinois to allow safe-use sites, where people can use drugs under supervision of medical professionals and be guided toward recovery resources.

Chicago Sun-Times

Groups call for safe-use site as opioid overdose deaths climb

Overdose prevention groups continue to offer innovative solutions — such as stocking old newspaper distribution boxes with anti-overdose medicine — but say such efforts are not enough as deaths continue to rise.

Chicago Sun-Times

Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison

The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.

Chicago Sun-Times

How an out-of-state pot firm used a shooting victim in a bid to score social equity licenses in Illinois

Edna Peterson was searching for a job on Craigslist earlier this year and came across an offer that sounded too good to be true: “Interested in a quick $2,000?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Nelson Mandela Center planned for now-vacant West Side storefronts: ‘We are saving the community that once saved us’

Shrone Conaway, Marnell Brown and Malcolm Brown recently bought the Austin building with plans to open a community center that also will house two organizations, To Walk in My Shoes and The Herbert F. Ballard Foundation.

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Police are still ticketing students in Illinois schools. A new bill would make that illegal.

CHICAGO — A new bill in the Illinois House aims to stop schools from working with police to issue students tickets for minor misbehavior, a harmful and sometimes costly practice that many districts have continued despite pleas to stop from the state’s top education officials.

Chicago Sun-Times

New center will provide housing, support for veterans in the Austin neighborhood

Organizers say they will need more funding to complete the project and keep it running in the long term.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County poised for record number of opioid deaths; researchers warn hundreds more go uncounted

The medical examiner’s office has already confirmed 1,599 opioid overdose deaths for 2022, and it expects 400 to 500 of its pending cases will also be listed as death by opioid toxicity.

Chicago Tribune

Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary shelter

CHICAGO — The strain on Chicago’s resources from a continued influx of migrants was underscored this week when Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked the state for $54 million in emergency funding and her administration confirmed it will open a shelter at a former school in Woodlawn to temporarily house asylum-seekers.

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SAFE-T Act questions linger for Pritzker

Lawmakers have said that some components of the SAFE-T Act will have to be changed. But they are sticking with the overall concepts. The gambit could work. But it hasn’t come without political trouble for Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drag racers, drifters and unruly spectators would face prison time under new proposal in Springfield

The bill was introduced after Chicago police officials struggled to respond to the street takeovers and drag racing that gave way to clashes with police and possibly left a woman dead this weekend.

Chicago Tribune

'It really is a life-or-death matter': Illinois considers funding for a college mental health bill

CHICAGO -- Cree Medley, 24, struggled with depression and anxiety throughout her time in college. While she was a student at the University of Illinois Chicago, the struggles started in 2015 and came to a head in 2016 in a suicide attempt.

Chicago Tribune

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

Nearly 19,000 more deaths in Cook County: The pandemic’s toll, two years in

An analysis shows since the first COVID death in 2020, Cook County has seen thousands of deaths beyond what would be expected — the equivalent of a plane crash every two weeks — and it’s not all from the virus.

Chicago Tribune

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Will La Shawn Ford run for Chicago mayor again in 2023?

His supporters may be clamoring, but for Ford, 2023 could be another tall order.

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