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Sheriff’s deputy got mad and fatally shot Sonya Massey without justification, prosecutor says

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 22, 2025 3:41 pm - The Illinois sheriff's deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Sean Grayson's murder trial.
Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon

Oct 21, 2025 5:16 pm - The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether Senate President Don Harmon broke state election laws by accepting millions of dollars for his campaign after the 2024 primary.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area

By MARK SHERMAN
Oct 17, 2025 4:15 pm - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U.S. soil.
Gov. Pritzker reports $1.4 million in Las Vegas gambling winnings

By Alec Dent
Oct 16, 2025 5:19 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) reported $1.4 million in gambling winnings from a trip to Las Vegas last year, according to tax summaries released Thursday by his campaign....
National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police

By ADRIAN SAINZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 10, 2025 6:19 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and...
Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon

Associated Press
Oct 05, 2025 4:16 pm - President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities.
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago

From Daily Herald Wire Services
Oct 04, 2025 4:19 pm - The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.
Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois project

By JEFF McMURRAY
Sep 26, 2025 5:26 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local offic...
Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Sep 26, 2025 4:33 pm - Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago on Friday.The conflict over several hours is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles west of Chicago, amid a surge of immigration enforcement that began early this month.
‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Sep 26, 2025 10:41 am - A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions.

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