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The Governor also wants to spend another $182 million on people who are not supposed to be here legally. #budget

Officials from DCEO said because of the amount of funds, it had to bring in an outside vendor and they could do this under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. #businessinterruptiongrants

ISP Metropolitan Enforcement Groups (MEGs) and multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Forces (TFs) across the state seized 718 firearms, 17,812 pounds of drugs, and arrested 1,904 individuals. #isp

Currently, serving as a commissioner on the MWRD, Spyropoulos is challenging Iris Martinez.. #elections #endorsements

Sustainable water management and climate resilience for our region start here. #plumbers #water

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Illinois has more than 440,000 children, 16% of the children in the state, who live in poverty. #childtaxcredit

Pritzker’s only bipartisan budget came during his first year in office – when a massive infrastructure package garnered dozens of GOP votes and helped create goodwill for some House Republicans to vote for the budget. #budgetaddress #illinois #pritzker

The Southland Black Chamber feels it is important to recognize Mr. Fioretti because of his no-nonsense take on crime. #cookcounty

Chicago is a sanctuary city where federal immigration laws are not enforced, a policy Johnson said will remain despite some public support for repealing that status. #chicago #sanctuarycity #migrants

The Center to Eliminate Cancer Inequity to address unequal burden of cancer driven by health disparities (Chicago, IL) (via UChicago Medicine) — A new...