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Publicly, party leaders made a show of unity. Lightford, who is Senate majority leader, hugged Harmon on the Senate floor Sunday afternoon as she nominated him to become the next Senate president. Harmon, who is white, was elected unanimously after hours of negotiations. But afterward, accusations flew of personal betrayal, and long-time simmering feuds bubbled over.
Lightford, D-Maywood, blamed former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr., and his son, Emil Jones III, who is currently in the Senate, for her loss. She would have been the first female black Senate president. She thinks their opposition may stem from an 11-year old grudge.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Wow, Illinois machine politics palace/ machiavellian intrigue at its finest. And completely out of touch with us surfs..disgusting
Don Harmon is a progressive advocating for the progressive tax; and his twitter feed seems tame, and professional, compared to the twitter feeds of some of our state legislators. His feed is focused on the progressive tax, legal cannabis and community outreach. He is clearly the better choice when compared to Lightford, who champions her authorship of a bill permitting children to receive LBGTQ+ affirming psychotherapy without parental consent. Still, he’s an Oak Park liberal who has in the past, through voting for Democrat legislation, contributed to the demise of our once great state. Hopefully his University of Chicago joint… Read more »
He’s a Democrat, so I’ll revise the end of your sentence from “so I don’t have much hope” to “so I don’t have any hope.”