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Hazel Crest voters in March to decide term limits, consider ditching vehicle stickers
Term limits on elected village officials and eliminating vehicle stickers among three referendum questions Hazel Crest voters will consider in March primary.
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Aldermen block plan to put sanctuary city question to Chicago voters
Aldermen blocked a measure Thursday to place a symbolic question on the March primary ballot asking voters whether to end Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city, the likely end to a monthslong saga driven by opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson seeking to take a stand against his response to the migrant crisis.
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Oak Park, which has been providing shelter for migrants, will require them to move out of hotel, YMCA by Jan. 31
Migrants will be asked to work with a case manager or village staff to find new shelter and possibly move them to another city or state
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City Council sides with mayor on Chicago police contract: More money for cops but disciplinary provision rebuffed
Council vote means the issue will head back to arbitrator who first awarded the arbitration clause. He could send that same ruling back to aldermen within weeks.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson defends handling of environmental report at now-scrapped migrant camp
Addressing reporters after a City Council meeting, the mayor said his approach to vetting the land that would have housed Chicago’s first government-run migrant camp was appropriate.
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House approves impeachment inquiry into President Biden as Republicans rally behind investigation
The House has authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
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Wisconsin lawmakers weigh bipartisan ranked choice voting bill as opponents push to ban the method
A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose congressional candidates had its first hearing in the state Legislature on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court agrees to review former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s public corruption case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s conviction on a public corruption charge involving garbage truck contracts.
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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power ‘to punish and extort,’ prosecutors say in closing arguments of corruption trial
Ex-Ald. Ed Burke stood at the center of a “steady drumbeat of unlawful activity,” federal prosecutors said in closing arguments at Burke’s racketeering trial
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Board of Ethics finds probable cause four lobbyists improperly donated to Johnson
The violations do not carry a penalty for the mayor, but could mean those lobbyists lose their ability to work at City Hall.
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GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley gets endorsement from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday, six weeks before the state’s pivotal first-in-the-nation primary.
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Federal judge hears arguments on gun ban registry, while legislative panel considers rules for implementation
A federal judge in southern Illinois who earlier this year put a hold on the state’s gun ban -- a decision that was reversed on appeal -- heard arguments on a challenge to the the registration process for guns grandfathered-in under the law.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson reverses council public seating plan that had drawn fire
The backlash has centered on how removing public access would water down government access.
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State agrees to drop enforcement of law aimed at anti-abortion clinics accused of deception
The state would drop enforcement of law supporters said was aimed at deterring deceptive practices by anti-abortion pregnancy centers under a proposed agreement between the Illinois attorney general’s office and organizations that challenged the measure.
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Former Chicago inspector general named to head Civic Federation
For 12 years and across three mayoral administrations, Ferguson was the city’s lead watchdog, heading the office that investigates waste, fraud and corruption across Chicago government.
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Ex-Ald. Edward Burke corruption trial: Evidence seen and heard by the jury
At the heart of the indictment are more than 100 secretly recorded meetings and phone calls prosecutors plan to play.
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Aldermen try again to settle controversial police shooting case
The Finance Committee advanced the award for the family of Darius Cole-Garrit, a 21-year-old man fatally shot by Chicago police in 2014 after officials said he pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at officers.
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Republican National Committee backs effort to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day
Republican National Committee promotes mail-in voting while also filing a brief in support of appeal in lawsuit that seeks to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day in Illinois.
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Trump says he won’t testify again at his New York fraud trial. He says he has nothing more to say
Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media that he “VERY SUCCESSFULLY & CONCLUSIVELY” testified last month and saw no need to appear again.
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The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech case before the Supreme Court: the ACLU
The National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.