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Caught on video on destruction spree, Matthew Rupert gets 105 months

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 14, 2021

Galesburg resident Matthew Rupert has been sentenced to 105 months in federal prison after video footage repeatedly captured him at the heart of riot scenes that played out in Chicago and Minnesota following the police killing of George Floyd.

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Police chief mispronounces fallen officer's name, Alderman Lopez calls him a 'fool'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 14, 2021

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A maskless Teddi Pritzker parties at Lollapalooza days before dad issues statewide mask mandate

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 11, 2021

A maskless Theodora “Teddi” Pritzker was among the hundreds of thousands recently attending this summer's Lollapalooza at Grant Park -- just days before her dad, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, issued a mask mandate for all student and staff in Illinois schools.

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Beverly Miles running against Pritzker: 'It should be the working people in office for the working people'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 4, 2021

U.S. Army veteran Beverly Miles is hoping to teach Gov. J.B. Pritzker a lesson in opposing him for the 2022 Democratic nomination.

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Teachers' union makes lengthy list of demands for new school year

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 29, 2021

AWAKE Illinois members fail to see the logic in a list of demands made by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) that would set the stage for nearly 4,200 new hires before Chicago public schools reopen their doors this fall.

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Jesus E. Solorio Jr. appointed spokesperson for state GOP

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 24, 2021

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy has appointed Jesus E. Solorio Jr. as a spokesperson for the state party.

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Illinois Republicans host reception with Rep. Dan Crenshaw

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 23, 2021

Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy will join other Republican state leaders hosting Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Houston) at an evening reception in Rosemont on Aug. 14.

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Chicago Tribune columnist questions whether progressives simply 'defending CRT or merely attacking its opponents'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 22, 2021

A recent Chicago Tribune editorial wonders what may be motivating the Critical Race Theory (CRT) debate in the country’s growing divide over the controversial teachings.

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Illinois Republicans blast Pritzker, Lightfoot for Chicago's unemployment rate

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 22, 2021

Illinois Republicans are pointing a finger at Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for the state’s shrinking job market.

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Resident wonders 'if we're going to get locked down again' as Chicago adds Missouri, Arkansas to its Travel Advisory

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 21, 2021

Chicagoan Bradley Shrader is hoping the city's fresh Travel Advisory isn’t a sign of things to come.

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Long-Williams tells redistricting panel 'Englewood shouldn’t have five aldermen'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 21, 2021

Vora Long-Williams wants to see order when it comes to her Englewood neighborhood’s political makeup.

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Ruiz tells redistricting panel his map 'reflects the 25th Ward’s historical boundaries'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 21, 2021

City Council is coming together on July 26 to start the task of crafting new ward boundaries that will set the stage for Chicago politics for the next ten years.

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Kerr tells redistricting panel, 'McKinley Park deserves to be in a single ward'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 21, 2021

Justin Kerr has been direct and to the point when it comes to expressing what he thinks his McKinley Park neighborhood should look like.

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Lapinski tells redistricting panel 'all of Hyde Park’s commercial areas should be in the same ward'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 21, 2021

Brian Lapinski wants to see uniformity in his Hyde Park neighborhood.

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Jones tells Advisory Redistricting Commission that closed schools 'need to be repurposed based on the needs of the community'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 20, 2021

Valerie Jones is desperate for a new community in the place she calls home.

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Republican DiCianni's side business making money from Democratic PAC

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 19, 2021

Longtime Republican lawmaker and DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni is reported to be profiting in a big way off Democratic machine politics in Chicago.

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Alderman Carrie Austin, chief of staff face bribery charges

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 19, 2021

Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin faces formal bribery charges as part of an ongoing federal corruption probe where she is accused of netting extensive home repairs in exchange for city funding on a $50 million project being developed in her ward.

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'All uniformed agents need CRT': Chicago Police would take Critical Race Theory courses under bill heralded by activist, political activist

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 18, 2021

A bill that would require Chicago Police Department employees to take critical race theory (CRT) courses before hiring and during their time in the academy now sits in the Rules Committee in Springfield.

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Kessem pans Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy sex education overhaul 'that 70% of Illinoisans are opposed to'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 18, 2021

Republican Committeeman Ammie Kessem wants parents to know how they can still take a stand against the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act that seeks to alter sex education in Illinois schools.

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CRT a 'paper tiger'? Windy City Live streams Critical Race Theory observations of University of Illinois at Chicago professor, Georgia teacher of the year

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 18, 2021

University of Illinois at Chicago professor David Stovall and Georgia Teacher of the Year Tracy Pendley took to Windy City Live on July 6, where they dissected some arguments surrounding Critical Race Theory (CRT) teachings.