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In the survey, conducted by Emerson College, which looked at voters in the five largest swing states, Pritzker emerged as the least-preferred candidate in all except one, Wisconsin, where he was second-last.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential running mate for Kamala Harris, told ABC’s “This Week” that Donald Trump and JD Vance are “just weird,” citing an obviously made-up story about J.D. Vance having an unnatural interest in couches that has been circulating on Twitter this week.
The Federal Transit Administration will now provide the project — referred to as the RLE — with a total of $746 million in the first year, an increase of $396 million to the $350 million originally planned.
With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for migrant housing and thousands of new arrivals expected in the weeks ahead, local activist Tio Hardiman is renewing his call for the city to reverse its sanctuary city status.
“No one who has witnessed the last few days can doubt the power of the Democratic culture-media machine, a formidable force honed by holding power for 12 of the last 16 years and made up of headline writers, news analysts, Hollywood rainmakers, opinion columnists, TikTokers, influencers, social media meisters and late-night talk-show hosts that ramped up so fast and with such overwhelming and unified force that it propelled Donald Trump’s ill-prepared hair halfway down the Mar-a-Lago fairway.”
Chicago expects tens of thousands of more migrants to arrive between now and when the city officially begins hosting the Democratic National Convention (DNC), according to city officials.
Some plan to join with other activists who are planning demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention, saying they are tired of broken promises.
Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman told the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights Tuesday that she fully expects a surge, but additional shelter beds have not been budgeted for.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling had a unified message Thursday as federal officials unveiled maps showing the security perimeters around the venues hosting next month’s Democratic National Convention: They’re ready for primetime.
Here are the top origins for U-Haul rental trucks pulling into the Chicago area this year.
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