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‘We need to show our solidarity,’: Springfield ‘No Kings’ protest attracts over 1,000 (Capitol News Illinois) - SPRINGFIELD - A crowd of over a...

The fireworks were few and far between, with the candidates largely in alignment on their conservative visions for the state. #primaryelection #illinoisgop

Reading letters from loved ones on a tablet, they said, was not the same as being able to hold the real thing. #mail #prison #corrections

Welch was addressing questions about the Bears’ request for property tax breaks and more than $800 million in state support for infrastructure upgrades. #budget #chicagobears #

Of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in 2021 and 2022, the committees found 91% could have been prevented. #pregnancy #health

“Financial losses are worse this time around, yet the aid package is 50% smaller. We’re seeing repeated devastation with greater losses than Trump 1. It defies logic.” #trump #tariff #farmers

The Commission approved a $73 million rate increase for Ameren and $168 million increase for Nicor, which were more than 40% lower than what the utilities had requested. #gas #utilities #ameren

ISBE board members were briefed on the funding requests during their monthly meeting Thursday in Chicago. #funding #schools

Bailey’s second campaign for governor had been in doubt after his son Zachary, daughter-in-law Kelsey and two grandchildren, 12-year-old Vada Rose and 7-year-old Samuel, died when the helicopter Zachary was piloting crashed in Montana on Oct. 22. #governor #bailey

Undocumented immigrants languish for days in squalid conditions with little food or water, sometimes so overcrowded that there’s barely enough room to lay on the floor, according to the complaint. #detained #ice