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Chicago Sun-Times - Politics

Pritzker's accountability panel unveils 'reckoning' of feds' actions during Operation Midway Blitz

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Former federal prosecutor is Mayor Johnson's pick for Chicago's new inspector general

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USA v. Michael Madigan

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Federal appeals court upholds ex-Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption conviction: 'Not politics as usual'

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1 in 6 Chicago bridges are in 'poor' condition. How worried should you be?

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Illinoisans overwhelmingly want to impose strict rules on data centers

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Trump feuding with the pope? I thought he was the pope

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State revenues up but uncertainty looms as fiscal year closes out

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Illinois state agencies at odds over endangered species protections

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Will transparency fold under Gov. Pritzker's plan to revamp the Illinois Gaming Board?

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CTA breaks ground on Red Line extension's first new station as federal funding threat remains unresolved

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Gov. JB Pritzker feels 'need for speed' — and changes — with Bears stadium bill

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Obamacare premiums in Illinois rose sharply but not as much as expected

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Some Chicagoans aren't paying federal taxes in protest of Trump policies

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Nick Fuentes' victim says 'no proof' he completed community service, drops criminal charges for civil suit

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Illinois House punts millionaires' tax to 2028, advances voting rights amendment

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Illinois House speaker staying mum on fellow lawmaker ousted from House Democratic caucus

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Bears exit from Chicago closer to reality as House passes bill helping Arlington Heights bid

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Chicago area air quality among worst in U.S., report finds

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Marimar Martinez, shot by CBP agent, testifies, urges accountability or 'more people are going to get hurt'

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Feds plan to use protest chants to prosecute Broadview ICE protesters — but balk at free speech defense

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Ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot's chief operating officer is at the center of City Hall intern, contracting scandal

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Departing inspector general targets Council Office of Financial Analysis

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Former Mayor Richard M. Daley recovering after suffering third stroke ahead of his 84th birthday

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Ex-Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard says she lived in Georgia while serving final days as Dolton mayor

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Mayor Johnson, CTA president defend security firings slammed by City Council's Black Caucus

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Gov. Pritzker bans state workers from using insider information on prediction market apps like Kalshi

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O'Neill Burke wouldn't publicly denounce Trump because she wanted to 'maintain' ties with feds, emails show

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Lawmakers sweeten pot to keep Bears in Illinois, with stadium bill linked to statewide property tax relief

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Kamala Harris says in Chicago that Trump 'has made America weaker'

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Juliana Stratton talks about the fight she's bringing to Washington at Power Rising Summit

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ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested

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Illinois House revives school cellphone ban; bill awaits scrutiny in Senate

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Barbara Flynn Currie, 'trailblazer who opened doors for generations of women' dies

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Power Rising Summit draws Kamala Harris and Juliana Stratton to harness the collective power of Black women

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Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckons with a spotlight it never wanted

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