“Obama Foundation President Valerie Jarrett put a new price tag on the presidential complex — ‘less than” $700 million,’ up from a $500 million estimate.”
Beginning in about a year, under a surprise bill jammed through Illinois’ state legislature in the wee hours of the morning, just before the end of the recently closed legislative session, Lake County’s circuit court system will be redivided, with the addition of at least four new “subcircuits” and an unknown number of new judges to preside in them.
A conservative political organization has won a chance to proceed with part of its federal lawsuit accusing the Illinois State Board of Elections of violating federal law by limiting access to the state’s voter registration database, and restricting the group’s ability to audit the data for irregularities.
As a candidate for governor in 2018, Pritzker voiced support for an independent commission to draw maps and removing political considerations in placing the lines. He vowed to veto any map authored by politicians, such as these.