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Charlie Kirk, a Wheeling High graduate, had been involved in politics from a young age, volunteering for campaigns and founding Turning Point in 2012 while a teenager.
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Darren Bailey plans to run for governor for a second time in 2026, and is expected to select Palatine resident Aaron Del Mar as his running mate, Capitol News Illinois confirmed with sources close to the campaign.
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A suburban-rural matchup is shaking up the Illinois gubernatorial race with Republicans Aaron Del Mar and Darren Bailey entering the race as a team.
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An Evanston economist has joined the race to succeed veteran U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky as Illinois’ 9th District representative in Congress. True to his profession, Democrat Jeff Cohen said he’s running because people across the largely suburban district are concerned about their finances.
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Rolling Meadows’ city council voted 4-3 against implementing a so-called “road diet” of a milelong stretch of Kirchoff Road that would have reduced the thoroughfare from five lanes to three.
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Rosemont Trustee Roger Minale died of a heart attack shortly after attending a hotel ribbon cutting ceremony late last month, officials said Monday.
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A Geneva group’s plan to host the Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer, has stirred a hornet’s nest of protest on social media, a petition of more than 1,000 signatures and pickets in front of a local country club.
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President Donald Trump’s administration sought to block $11 billion in public health funding grants in a March executive order. Illinois was among nearly a dozen Democrat-led states to file suit against the action. Those states won an injunction against the administration’s action in May, which allowed them to keep much of the funding that was slated for cuts.
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Naval Station Great Lakes won’t be housing ICE officers or detainees, senators say.
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Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner announced Sunday he is considering running for Illinois governor as a Republican in 2026, adding that he expects a final decision by the end of the month.
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