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Cynthia Cobbs participates in a public forum at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston on Feb. 27, 2020.

Lone Illinois Supreme Court seat held by African American is up for grabs in election where diversity has been a major issue

March 2, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Questions about diversity and judicial reform have marked a contentious campaign to fill the seat of retired Illinois Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman, the only person of color ever...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker names new head of Department of Agriculture after former director implicated in email mentioning ‘rape in Champaign’

February 28, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday appointed a former legislator as the new director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture after the former director, longtime state Sen. John Sullivan, resigned when...

An ICE detainee makes a phone call at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee last fall. In 2019, 223 individuals were transferred to the detention center after serving out sentences for felony convictions under a contract with ICE, Kankakee County's sheriff said.

Sheriffs association, Republican lawmakers blast state policy limiting Department of Corrections coordination with ICE when undocumented felons are released

March 11, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

The Illinois Sheriffs' Association and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday blasted what they said is a state policy change to stop coordinating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when undocumented immigrants...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his budget address to a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 19, 2020.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to link education funding increase to his graduated income tax plan could leave some school districts in the lurch

February 21, 2020 at 4:51 p.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's decision to propose a budget that ties an increase in state education funding to the fate of his graduated-rate income tax plan is drawing concern from...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives for his state budget address on Feb. 19, 2020, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $42 billion state budget promises added funding for schools, public safety — if voters approve his graduated income tax in November

February 20, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker presented two possibilities in his annual budget address Wednesday: his preferred option, which links a funding increase for public schools and a pension payment boost to...

Advocates, lawmakers make push to change Illinois redistricting process before lines are set for another decade

February 14, 2020 at 9:40 p.m.

Twice defeated in the Illinois Supreme Court, advocates for stripping lawmakers of the power to draw legislative district boundaries are making a push to put a proposed amendment to the...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown in January 2020, is pushing a real estate transfer tax plan.

Democratic lawmakers renew push for significant homeless funding in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s real estate transfer tax plan

February 11, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

A group of Democratic lawmakers is renewing a push for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to agree to dedicate a significant portion of revenue from her real estate transfer tax plan to...

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