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Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker won reelection on Tuesday, according to projections. 

Illinois prosecutors who are members of the Democratic Party are slamming a new “criminal justice reform” law signed by Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker that will eliminate cash bail, effective January 1, 2023.

Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey has cut Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D) lead to single digits with less than two weeks until election day, according to the latest Emerson College poll. 

Kathy Salvi, Republican nominee to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate, said on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that her opponent, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), has been “on the wrong side” of many political issues, ranging from the “defund the police” campaign to border security.

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is proud that a corporate advertising campaign is touting a man who claims to be a woman.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), running against Republican J.D. Vance for Ohio’s open United States Senate seat, once said he supported “eliminating” cash bail for suspects accused of crimes, calling it “inherently unfair.” 

A Chicago man is accused of making threats against a judge during an online court hearing after prosecutors tracked them to the suspect, according to a report.

AT&T Illinois will pay a $23 million fine for attempting to illegally influence former state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D), who has been accused of participating in bribery schemes. 

Republican Kathy Salvi’s name was mistakenly left off the list of candidates for U.S. Senate on hundreds of ballots in one Illinois county, prompting local officials to sequester all ballots that had been returned by early voters thus far in the 2022 midterm elections.

Illinois’ Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker has claimed that his bail reform law would stop a “mother” who was “arrested for stealing diapers” from spending six months in jail because she “can’t afford bail.”

A Plainfield, Illinois couple’s Halloween display of a floating mannequin, based on the TV show Stranger Things, was taken down after one neighbor complained about the increased traffic it was bringing into the community.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), running for re-election against Republican challenger Darren Bailey, says critics are “misrepresenting” the state’s upcoming bail abolishment law that will free suspects accused of murder, burglary, and kidnapping, among other crimes.

Cook County, Illinois, Chief Judge Timothy Evans and Sheriff Tom Dart are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to hold them responsible for the killing of a Vietnam War veteran allegedly at the hands of two accused criminals released from jail on electronic home monitoring.

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) released a new video, first seen by Breitbart News, that exposed the dangerous results of the state Democrat’s soft-on-crime agenda.

Illinois’ top two candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat JB Pritzker and GOP challenger Darren Bailey, met for their first debate Monday.

A Chicago convict was arrested on September 29 for allegedly trespassing and damaging property at the Merchandise Mart building in downtown Chicago, marking the 15th time he has been arrested this year, according to CWB Chicago and police records.

A three-year-old boy has died after being allegedly pushed by his aunt into Lake Michigan off Chicago’s Navy Pier.

A Chicago felon who was recently arrested for driving a stolen motor vehicle was already on bail for three other cases, including for driving a stolen vehicle.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is activating the National Guard over 0.01 percent of President Joe Biden’s record-breaking illegal immigration crisis arriving in the sanctuary state via migrant buses sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R). 

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed his state’s 34th coronavirus disaster proclamation, giving himself power over all of Illinois’ 102 counties.

Following Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s call to send Illinois Republican candidate Darren Bailey “back to the farm,” the Republican nominee fired back, calling on the Democrat mayor to get off her “elitist high horse” and “remember who puts food on your plate.”

Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanded that Joe Biden “step up” and provide federal funds for illegals sent by bus to her city.

Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau blasted Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker for his “horrible” new law that eliminates cash bail and insisted that the governor “is not listening to us.”

A man is accused of trying to kidnap a five-year-old girl and attempting to buy her from her mother Thursday in Chicago.

A new law abolishing bail across the state of Illinois, passed by Democrats and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), will free from jail thousands of suspects accused of second-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, and other violent crimes.

Despite Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s claim Chicago is a “sanctuary city,” she is now sending illegals who have arrived from Texas to the suburbs.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is promising “emergency housing” for migrants bused from Texas even as rents in Chicago have skyrocketed for residents. 

Chicago, Illinois Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) now says it is “immoral” and “unpatriotic” for Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to bus migrants from Texas to the sanctuary city. 

A Chicago man whose murder sentence was commuted by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 was recently arrested for allegedly stealing a van belonging to the city of Kenosha, CWB Chicago reported.

Illinois Democrat Congressional nominee Eric Sorenson once proposed a $2 trillion “great New Deal” that he said would cost each American $8,000.

Orland Park, Illinois Mayor Keith Pekau, who is running for Congress against Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL), said President Joe Biden’s unprecedented student loan transfer is “fundamentally unfair” to working-class Americans during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.

A man was accused of forcing his way into a woman’s Chicago hotel room, robbing her, and trying to sexually assault her.

A convicted felon in Chicago, who was on bail, is being accused by prosecutors of armed robbery and shooting a man, CWB Chicago reported.

Illinois state House Rep. Dan Brady, the Republican secretary of state nominee, would not admit to a reporter if he would support or vote for Darren Bailey, the state’s GOP nominee for governor.

Illinois state House Rep. Dan Brady, the Republican Secretary of State nominee, told a reporter that he does not remember if he voted for former President Donald Trump in 2020.

Police and medical personnel were dispatched to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, on Sunday when a shooter reportedly injured three people.