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Texas Gov. Abbott endorses Donald Trump as the former president returns to US-Mexico border

Donald Trump will return to the U.S.-Mexico border for a visit Sunday as he promotes a hard-line immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than the policies he pursued during his first term as president.

November 19, 2023

Green New Deal advocates rouse supporters in Little Village gathering as they call for federal funding

Advocates and elected officials gathered to gain community support for the New Green Deal and its initiatives aimed at aiding overlooked communities.

November 18, 2023

Donald Trump returns to Iowa for another rally before the state’s leadoff caucuses

Donald Trump is set to campaign in west-central Iowa as part of his fall push with the state's leadoff caucuses now less than two months away.

November 18, 2023

Tempers flare and bills languish as House Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to rebuild the Republican's slim majority.

November 18, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration issuing notices it will begin removing migrants from shelters in 60 days: ‘We have finite resources’

The new policy comes after the mayor teased major changes earlier this week that signal a new direction for his administration’s migrant response.

November 17, 2023

State pouring $160 million more for Chicago asylum-seeker relief efforts as winter approaches

New infusion of cash includes $30 million to help set up a centralized intake center to process new arrivals.

November 16, 2023

Democrats seal first contract for next summer’s convention in Chicago

Firm with close ties to Gov. J.B. Pritzker picked as in-house expert on design, construction and event contracting for next year's convention.

November 16, 2023

New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial

A New York appeals court judge has paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial.

November 16, 2023

Preckwinkle budget passes as Cook County sets migrant health care fund

But while the 17-0 vote was marked by kind words from Cook County commissioners, the Chicago area’s continuing migrant crisis took center stage, thanks to a late budget amendment setting aside $100 million dedicated almost entirely to asylum-seekers’ health care.

November 16, 2023

Key GOP lawmaker calls for renewal of surveillance tool as he proposes changes to protect privacy

The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is calling for the renewal of a key U.S. government surveillance tool while also proposing a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy.

November 16, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson deflects questions over proposal tying homeless tent removal to City Council votes

"There is no secret to what I said I was going to do," Johnson says about Ald. Bill Conway complaints.

November 15, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces effort to get migrants out of shelters within 60 days

Mayor Johnson announced the city is “implementing a tiered 60-day shelter stay limit, combined with robust case management and workforce access to move new arrivals through our system to self-sufficiency and economic stability.”

November 15, 2023

Chicago City Council approves Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first budget

Aldermen passed Johnson’s spending plan, which he framed as a gradual introduction to the leftist promises from his mayoral campaign while holding the line on property taxes and slightly increasing police spending.

November 15, 2023

Fresh costs in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget: Police pay and benefits, more staffers for aldermen, resources for reparations and ex-prisoners

Among new costs in Mayor Johnson's budget are a pension fix estimated to cost more than $60 million, a new office dedicated to helping people returning from jail or prison, and funding for 50 new ward staffers — one for each alderman.

November 15, 2023

Johnson administration tied fate of homeless encampment to alderman’s votes

Ald. Bill Conway is crying foul after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration said they would have the city remove the tents in which people are sleeping downtown only if Conway voted in favor of two pillars of the mayor’s progressive policy agenda.

November 14, 2023

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan.

November 14, 2023

Illinois lawmaker from Aurora area charged with driving under the influence

A police officer noticed state Rep. Matt Hanson’s car was taking up two parking spaces and Hanson was asleep in the driver’s seat.

November 14, 2023

Michigan judge says Trump stays on primary ballot, rejecting insurrection clause challenge

A Michigan judge ruled that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s primary ballot.

November 14, 2023

Ethics board finds probable cause Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin wrongfully fired 2 whistleblowers

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin wrongfully fired two top aides who alleged misconduct, according to a finding of probable cause by the city’s Board of Ethics.

November 14, 2023

The Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say

Error-ridden state reviews have purged millions of the poorest Americans from the Medicaid program in recent months.

November 14, 2023

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