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* The Democratic Party of Illinois, backed by the state’s top leaders, wants to move the 2028 primary up to sometime before the first Tuesday in March of that year. Press release… The Democratic Party of Illinois is proud to announce its proposal to hold a pre-window primary contest in Illinois has been submitted [...]

* Capitol News Illinois… Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically sealed after Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed the long-debated ‘Clean Slate’ Act. House Bill 1836 will require law enforcement agencies and circuit clerks to begin systematically sealing eligible criminal records by 2029. Existing law already allows people [...]

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* Chicago Tribune… In Rick Heidner’s very first campaign commercial, the Barrington Hills businessman dubs himself a “Trump Republican For Governor.” But in his very first public forum as a politician, the onetime-embattled video gambling operator did something President Donald Trump would never do: He apologized. Participating with the three other major Republican candidates for governor running in [...]

* Farm Progress reporter and Illinois Farm Bureau member Betty Haynes last month… The last few years have been a roller coaster of controversy and questionable decisions for [Illinois Farm Bureau]. In the fall of 2024, the board voted to no longer require IFB membership for Country Financial nonfarm insurance policy holders, decreasing [IFB] membership to a [...]

* The Sun-Times… The Bears hailed Indiana politicians taking the first step to create the Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority as a “significant milestone” in the team’s discussions to build a home stadium across state lines rather than the 326 acres the team owns in Arlington Heights. The Indiana Legislature’s Senate Bill 27, amended Thursday, would authorize the [...]

* Gov. JB Pritzker held a press conference this week at Wally’s, a massive and beloved gas station and travel center in Pontiac, to announce several new EV charging stations. Wally’s CEO Michael Rubenstein spoke at the event and said the business hosted 3 million visitors last year. 3 million. That’s about a third of the [...]

* Subscribers know more about the reasoning why the pro-Stratton super PAC is going with a purely positive intro ad… * Script… What will it take to lower costs in Illinois? You need the grit of growing up working class That “working mom of four” ability to get things done. The kind of person who worked with Governor Pritzker [...]

* ICYMI: Recent postal service changes could disrupt mail-in voting, county clerks warn. Capitol News Illinois… - New postal service changes to postmarking and transportation rules could disrupt mail-in voting in the 2026 election, Illinois county clerks warn. - Some localities’ mail may be sent to a different distribution center than in the past, which can increase [...]

* The 1970 Harpur College acoustic set is widely acknowledged as one of the best of the best and is definitely one of my favorites. Beat It On Down The Line… Yeah, I’m goin’ back to that shack way across the railroad track, Uh huh, that’s where I think I belong. Got a sweet woman, Lord, [...]

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* We talked about this bill earlier today. The Tribune… Bally’s Chicago may not be opening its new permanent casino this year after all. With its already extended temporary license to operate at Medinah Temple set to expire in September and construction of the new casino complex racing the clock, state Rep. Kam Buckner introduced a bill [...]

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* The Tribune… [The Tribune] reported in November that if a patient in need of guardianship had property or other assets, hospitals and their lawyers usually asked the court to appoint a certain private care management organization as guardian. That organization often charges more for its services than county public guardians, which along with fees billed [...]