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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 ballot
Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot.
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Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state’s ballot
Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.
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Lincoln museum exhibit offers perspectives on life in Illinois from residents past and present
An exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum offers a mix of perspectives from residents past and present about how Illinois shaped their understanding of the world around them.
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Effect of police and fire pension consolidations on property taxes remains uncertain
Four years after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a consolidation of police and fire pensions, the effect on property taxes remains uncertain.
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Former Ald. Ed Burke’s verdict stands out in long arc of City Council crooks
Jurors last week did what very few of ex-Ald. Ed Burke's even fiercest political enemies could ever do: They humbled him.
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As a boy, Ruben Gallego slept on the floor of an Evergreen Park apartment. Today, his goal is the floor of the US Senate
U.S. Rep. Rubin Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, had a sometimes difficult childhood growing up in a single-parent household in Evegreen Park. He went on to Harvard and the Marine Corps before launching his political career.
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Israel and Hamas measures get a look as most US state legislatures meet for first time since Oct. 7
Most U.S. state legislatures will reconvene in January for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked a war in Gaza and protests worldwide — and they’re preparing to take action in response, both symbolic and concrete.
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Judge cuts probation for Indiana state legislator after drunken driving plea
A judge has cut short the probation for an Indiana state legislator who pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges after police say he crashed his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and drove away.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Republican-drawn legislative maps, orders new ones in big win for Democrats
The ruling comes less than a year before the 2024 election in a battleground state where four of the six past presidential elections have been decided by fewer than 23,000 votes, and Republicans have built large majorities in the Legislature under maps they drew over a decade ago.
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Federal judge declines to delay Illinois gun registration deadline
A federal judge on Friday declined to issue a delay on the Jan. 1 deadline for Illinois residents to register guns they owned before those firearms were banned by the state on Jan. 10.
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Lockport High School 205 Board member Martin Boersmam elected with We The Parents group, resigns
Lockport Township High School District 205 Board member Martin Boersma resigned effective Wednesday. The district will post an application process in early January to fill the vacant seat.
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Former Homer Glen Trustee Nicole La Ha, running for 82nd House seat, appointed to fill vacancy
Nicole La Ha, a former Homer Glen trustee, has been named state representative in the 82nd House District.
Chicago aldermen convicted of corruption — and others facing charges
More than 30 Chicago aldermen have been convicted of crimes related to official duties since 1972.
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In 14th Ward, where former Ald. Ed Burke was lord, conviction greeted with both shrugs and cheers
Residents and leaders from Southwest Side ward have vastly different thoughts about longtime alderman's conviction.
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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case
The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts, including almost $1 million in state and federal tax liabilities.
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Timeline: Edward Burke, once Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, convicted on 13 of 14 counts
Here’s a look at the 14th Ward alderman's career, indictment and upcoming trial.
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Corruption trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke: What you need to know
The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke has begun.
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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke convicted on 13 of 14 counts at landmark federal corruption trial; jury convicts one co-defendant and acquits the other
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts for using the clout of his elected office to win private law business from developers.
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State’s attorney candidate prosecuted boy whose murder conviction was overturned because police coerced confession
Eileen O’Neill Burke defends her actions in the Anna Gilvis murder case, saying no court has faulted how the state’s attorney’s office handled the prosecution.
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After planned migrant camp is scrapped over toxins at Brighton Park site, neighbors want to know how city is going to protect them
Despite the addition of a stone barrier and the mayor’s claims that the site is safe for residential use, homeowners on 38th Street are not convinced the land isn’t toxic.