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‘We think about the state in the same way’: Mitchell ready to back up Pritzker

By Ben Szalinski
Jul 12, 2025 4:00 am - As he prepares to campaign in the 2026 race for Illinois lieutenant governor, Christian Mitchell is touting his political experience and the affinity for the state that he shares with Gov. JB Pritzker.
Geneva’s Dan Ugaste a no-go for governor after all

By Brenda Schory
Jul 12, 2025 4:00 am - After two weeks of consideration, State Rep. Dan Ugaste, a Geneva Republican, has decided not to make a run for Illinois governor, but to seek a fifth term instead. Ugast...
Illinois hospitals fear massive cuts under Trump domestic policy law

By Peter Hancock
Jul 12, 2025 4:00 am - Hospital officials in Illinois say they will have to make some difficult decisions in the next few years that could involve laying off staff, cutting back services and ev...
David Gergen, consummate political insider, dies at 83

By Adam Bernstein
Jul 11, 2025 9:51 pm - David R. Gergen, who helped craft and protect the image of four presidents as a senior White House communications adviser and who traveled the consummate political inside...
Wauconda’s The Side Lot raising funds for local canines in need

Daily Herald report
Jul 11, 2025 8:26 pm - The Side Lot, Wauconda’s only dog-friendly restaurant, is stepping up to support dogs in crisis with a special fundraising initiative this weekend.
Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor

By GISELA SALOMON and KATE PAYNE
Jul 11, 2025 7:18 pm - MIAMI — At the new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say worms turn up in the food. Toilets don'...
Trump names self-styled ‘alpha male’ influencer ambassador to Malaysia

By Kelsey Ables and Maegan Vazquez
Jul 11, 2025 7:11 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Nick Adams, a former Australian politician and controversial MAGA influencer, to serve as the next U.S. amb...
Carpentersville, Huntley, Palatine among school districts receiving grants for new electric buses

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 11, 2025 6:06 pm - School districts in Cook, Kane, McHenry and other counties will receive grants totaling more than $13 million to pay for 46 new electric school buses, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday.
Unexpected fuel cutoff preceded Air India plane crash, preliminary report says

By Ian Duncan and Joshua Yang
Jul 11, 2025 5:09 pm - Indian investigators probing the crash of Air India flight 171 said that both engines stopped receiving fuel shortly after takeoff in a preliminary report documenting the...
Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions

By MATT O'BRIEN
Jul 11, 2025 4:27 pm - The latest version of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is echoing the views of its billionaire creator, so much so that it will sometimes search online fo...

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