Illinois State Politics
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Ex-GOP attorney general candidate temporarily loses law license over inappropriate relationship
Sep 24, 2025 1:02 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered former Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Tom DeVore’s law license suspended for 60 days, following a yearslong public feud involving his client-turned-girlfriend and the state’s attorney discipline board.
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Schaumburg Township GOP to host candidates for statewide offices at Saturday eventSep 23, 2025 2:34 pm - The Schaumburg Township Republican Organization will hold its monthly breakfast meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Chandler's Chophouse, 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.
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ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and his show will return Tuesday
Sep 22, 2025 2:54 pm - ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.
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Nuclear power, battery storage funding at center of energy policy debate
Sep 22, 2025 1:32 pm - The long-running debate over energy policy is heating up ahead of lawmakers’ fall veto session. Lawmakers are considering loosening nuclear power regulations and incentivizing battery storage.
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‘Don’t put us on the back burner’: Traffic light on busy Roosevelt Road stands in limbo, advocates saySep 21, 2025 9:00 pm - A solution to crashes on a busy stretch of Roosevelt Road in Wheaton was there — then road blocks emerged.
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Marchers head to Naval Station Great Lakes seeking end to mass deportationsSep 20, 2025 7:36 pm - Interfaith leaders from the suburbs and Chicago marched to Naval Station Great Lakes Saturday to protest ICE arrests.
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Schools, advocates work to reassure parents, students amid growing fears over ICE raidsSep 20, 2025 2:00 pm - Students’ fears of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting parents and loved ones have suburban and state education officials concerned about the potential for disruption and a rise in truancy.
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Former Gov. Jim Edgar remembered with memorial at Illinois Capitol
Sep 20, 2025 11:02 am - A bipartisan crowd of dignitaries and family members bid farewell to former Gov. Jim Edgar at a memorial service held Saturday morning at Central Baptist Church in Springfield.
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Illinois among a growing list of states to issue their own vaccine guidelines
Sep 19, 2025 11:16 am - Illinois is among a growing list of states that are issuing their own vaccine guidelines that could supersede those of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders — especially Trump — to tone down rhetoric
Sep 15, 2025 5:55 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with President Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political violence.