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Supreme Court to Consider Reviving GOP Challenge to Illinois Mail Ballot Deadline

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Supreme Court to Consider Reviving GOP Challenge to Illinois Mail Ballot Deadline

52% Center coverage: 80 sources

Illinois Officials Investigate License-Plate Data Shared with Police Seeking Woman Who Had Abortion

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Illinois Officials Investigate License-Plate Data Shared with Police Seeking Woman Who Had Abortion

63% Center coverage: 60 sources

Police officer was unintentionally shot and killed by fellow officer during chase

Police · Chicago

Police officer was unintentionally shot and killed by fellow officer during chase

60% Center coverage: 49 sources

Officer Krystal Rivera had been on the force for four years and was the mother of a young daughter.See the Story

Illinois Republican mistakes Sikh for Muslim, calls him delivering prayer in House ‘deeply troubling’

47% Center coverage: 36 sources

Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said it was “deeply disturbing” that a Sikh delivered a prayer in the House chamber on Friday — after apparently mistaking him for a Muslim man. The since-deleted post Friday morning sparked immediate bipartisan criticism. “It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should never have been allowed to happen,” Miller said on the social platform X. “America was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth, not drift further from it. May God have mercy!” Republican Party · Illinois See the Story

Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder

67% Center coverage: 36 sources

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The Influence of Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and...St. Charles?

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

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Does Biles' Hubby Agree With Her War On Women's Sports?

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

Does Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens support trans-identifying men destroying the safety and fairness of women’s sports? It’s a question worth asking given that his wife, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, is on a pro-tranny jihad to undermine the very athletic system that propelled her to fame. The entire controversy erupted this past weekend when Biles […]Simone Biles · Chicago Read Article

A New Chance for School Choice in Illinois

100% Right coverage: 2 sources

"School choice remains popular in Illinois, with a clear majority of residents supporting the concept. More importantly, choice introduces accountability into a system that, for decades, has faced little real competition."Politics · Illinois See the Story

Will Chicago Keep Grocery Tax in Place? City Has Until Oct. 1 to Decide

50% Right coverage: 10 sources

CHICAGO — The clock is ticking for Chicago on whether to continue a decades-old tax on groceries, or further dig itself into a billion dollar budget deficit. The state's grocery tax will be phased out January 1, but Springfield is pushing the responsibility onto city's and towns instead. State lawmakers signed off last year on removing a one percent grocery tax as part of the Gov. JB Pritzker's 2025 budget plan. That takes effect on Jan.1. But i…Brandon Johnson · Chicago See the Story

Pritzker's Political Future: Where Things Stand After Passage of Illinois Budget

57% Center coverage: 7 sources

JB Pritzker · Illinois See the Story

On education reform, Rahm Emanuel talks a big game but is unlikely to deliver

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Attacking our education establishment, and especially calling out the teachers’ unions, has been the third rail of Democratic politics. Rahm Emanuel is willing to risk it all for the presidency.Rahm Emanuel · Chicago See the Story

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