Pritzker noted the Surplus to Success program, a $300 million initiative aimed at remediating state-owned properties which have been left vacant for decades.

The Responsibility in Firearms Legislation Act, a bill coming before the Illinois General Assembly, would require gunmakers to contribute to a state fund that would help offset the costs shouldered by taxpayers and the individuals directly affected by a shooting. If passed, the law would be a first of its kind in the country. Other states have considered similar bills, but none have become law.

State Rep. Dave Severin, a Republican, and the governor took a photo with a constituent at the DuQuoin State Fair after its opening, which was used to allegedly create an AI-generated photo of the two officials that sparked threatening comments about the lawmaker.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said former President Joe Biden would have had a booming economy if there was any correlation between rampant illegal immigration and a good economy.

Michael McCuskey will resign that watchdog post amid criticism about his ability to handle investigations. It’s the latest twist for a post that McCuskey’s two immediate predecessors described as “broken” and a “paper tiger.” Prior to that, the LIG’s office sat vacant for three years.

Creating a PAC that invests in candidates beyond his home state can help build relationships, generate goodwill and accumulate political capital that could prove valuable in a future White House bid.

“Donald Trump and his administration have attacked the people of Illinois, violated our rights, and broken Illinois law, and they are using the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause to protect their marauding federal agents from prosecution. We don’t intend to let them get away with it.”

Thomas Geoghegan, who represents the disability rights groups, physician and disabled Illinoisans who brought the case, told U.S. District Judge John Tharp that the law upends the millennia-old tradition of the Hippocratic oath, a pledge doctors make to first do no harm. “It’s our view, ultimately, this is authorizing a different standard of care,” he said.

Under the program, Illinois students in public and private schools could receive scholarship money to help them find a tutor, get special education services, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, or get assistance with other academic needs. That will happen only if Illinois allows the state’s schoolchildren to benefit from the EFTC by opting into the program.

“In Chicago, radicals gathered for a conference on Marxism during what many view as the heyday of socialism in the United States. The Democratic Socialists of America is now larger and more powerful than at any time in our history…. Speakers in Chicago used the conference to push supporters to the next stage in the movement, including some openly calling for violence and the end to capitalism.”