Two sweeping digital currency bills touted as a win for consumer protection has critics warning Illinois may be choking off innovation in one of the fastest-growing corners of the economy. Supporters say the laws Gov. JB Pritzker signed mark an important step in preventing fraud and building trust. Critics warn that the rules risk driving innovation and business out of the state.

“Illinois has one of the nation’s largest congressional delegations out in Washington D.C. Their job is to tackle federal issues. Each of us — the governor, the statewide officials and all 177 members of the General Assembly — were elected to solve the problems facing Illinois, not waste our time by wading into federal controversies we have no authority to address.”

This past weekend, members of the State Freedom Caucus—a network of outspoken fiscal and social conservative lawmakers who pressure Republican leadership in their states—gathered for their annual summit. Some hailed from deep-red states such as Missouri, South Carolina, and Wyoming, but others came from Democrat-dominated states, such as Maryland and Illinois, where advancing conservative legislation is often all but impossible.

“A disgracefully ill-timed comment” by Pritzker” — Washington Post editorial

Kirk, who was born in Arlington Heights and attended Wheeling High School, was 31. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood described the fatal shooting as a, “heinous act of political violence,” in a statement.

“Dabrowski is not as silky as Obama was. He doesn’t spin rhetoric and cheap self-destructive dreams. His father was a legal Polish immigrant and his mother a legal immigrant from Ecuador. He’s a policy analyst and investment banker. He reads numbers like tracks in the wilderness and sees opportunity for Illinois draining away.”

“I’m not convinced that we’re not going to see military troops on the ground,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “We don’t know. I mean, I wish the president would again recognize that military troops in American cities are something that just doesn’t belong. And he should not be ordering them into American cities.” Still, Pritzker warned that he believes more ICE enforcement, as part of “Operation Midwest Blitz,” is still on the way.