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Hearing witness Lasker: This bill is 'a solution in search of a problem where no problem exists'

By Savannah Howe | May 23, 2021

The Association of Election Commission Officials of Illinois (AECOI) appeared at a House Ethics and Elections Committee hearing last month to show their opposition for a bill that would amend the election code and allow small counties to dissolve their board of election commissioners.

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Illinois Policy former VP Dwyer discusses future of conservatism for Latino community

By Savannah Howe | May 10, 2021

The conservative political platform appears to be gaining appeal for the Illinois Latino community.

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Dabrowski on Illinois population decline: 'People are voting with their feet'

By Savannah Howe | May 3, 2021

The 2020 U.S. Census data reported that the Prairie State decreased in population for the first time in 200 years. Illinois will lose one seat in Congress as a result.

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Common Cause: Redistricting 'will set the tone for the next decade'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 30, 2021

The time has come for this decade's redrawing of Illinois' legislative district borders.

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Dunlop: Natural resource solutions for Chicago will be unique from solutions for other places

By Savannah Howe | Apr 30, 2021

Last week the St. Louis Law School Chapter of the Federalist Society met with former Reagan Administration Secretary of Natural Resources Becky Norton Dunlop to discuss natural resource policy, an issue that Dunlop called "in the purview of the left for many years."

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Cannabis industry attorney guarantees clients will sue over Ford's marijuana bill

By Savannah Howe | Apr 29, 2021

A lawyer specializing in the cannabis industry said his clients will turn to litigation if the "social equity" lottery amendment to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act introduced by state Rep. LaShawn K. Ford (D-Chicago) clears the legislature.

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Former CPS CEO Vallas concerned about new district budget: 'Most expensive teacher contracts ever'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 29, 2021

Former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Paul Vallas took pride in inheriting a school district with a $1 billion structural deficit and turning it into $1 billion balance with 70,000 new students when he left the district six years later.

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Police union President Catanzara: Law enforcement 'under no obligation to be fired upon'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 27, 2021

Chicago Police Union President John Catanzara Jr. said Chicago PD Officer Eric Stillman, who fatally shot a teen, had no way of knowing the boy's intention when the gun became visible.

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Rush advocates for providing tax money to companies with climate change agendas 'to employ our innovative assets'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 25, 2021

Energy subcommittee chairman U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) appeared on The Hill with Steve Clemons regarding the committee's involvement in climate change, energy grid modernization and energy equity.

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Kessem: 'Voters are sick and tired of excuses' in partisan remapping push from Democrats

By Savannah Howe | Apr 23, 2021

Republican lawmakers continue efforts to reshape the state's redistricting process as an independent commission, with some party members saying their Democratic counterparts are working against the process.

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Chicago Contrarian: Chicago PD is leading Windy City into a summer of violence

By Savannah Howe | Apr 13, 2021

The spring sun warming Chicago's sidewalks and urging Windy City residents to emerge after a winter full of public health crises and civil unrest does little to hide the foreboding sense that unhinged violence is on the horizon, according to a blogger.

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Cook County GOP chairman states that 'Looting is never OK' no matter the context

By Savannah Howe | Sep 9, 2020

Author Vicky Osterweil is quoted as writing that "a new energy of resistance is building across the country," in defense of looting and rioting that has gripped several American cities since June in response to police killings of Black Americans, the NPR reported in August.