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Democrat Rep. Sean Casten (IL), during a town hall in Palatine, Illinois, said that “a little bit of inflation” is a “good thing” while inflation is surging and prices are rising around the country.

In one Illinois school district, at least 64 employees have been given an ultimatum: get the coronavirus vaccine or face termination.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that makes it a civil rights violation for an employer to not hire an illegal alien who has secured a work permit from the federal government.

A fight regarding counterfeit tickets sent three people crashing into a window Sunday outside the Congress Hotel in Chicago.

Ex-Illinois Democrat Governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich claimed Monday that a new lawsuit would vacate his corruption conviction.

Community members gathered for a Back the Blue rally and patio party Wednesday evening in Decatur, Illinois.

Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law Tuesday decriminalizing HIV transmission. He also signed laws creating “gender-neutral” marriage certificates and expanding fertility insurance for LGBT couples and single parents.

Hundreds of “fully vaccinated” individuals have been hospitalized after contracting the Chinese coronavirus, and 159 have died, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, as major cities such as Chicago weigh bringing back mask mandates.

Multiple blue states, with Democrat legislatures and governors, are spearheading plans that provide American taxpayer-funded health benefits to illegal alien senior citizens — an effort likely to entice healthcare migration to the states.

The Biden administration renamed invasive “Asian carp” fish over concerns the moniker invokes negative racial connotations.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) announced on Twitter Monday afternoon he is seeking reelection. His first campaign advertisement focuses on his coronavirus response, even though the state’s death toll and case rate are in the bottom half of the United States.

Leading up to the 2022 midterms, Democrats have struggled to find anyone to challenge Republicans on election night, as the left tries to keep their wafer-thin majority in the House.

Three Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) administrators are still working for the state, despite being indicted by a grand jury on charges related to violating investigative protocol after patients in their care were allegedly beaten by staff.

YouTube has reinstated a video it censored of a school board meeting in Lake Forest, Illinois, which featured several concerned parents speaking out against mask mandates on their children.

Chicago community leaders are pressuring Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) to declare a “State of Emergency” regarding the city’s gun crime.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL), on Thursday, blamed the droves of police officers leaving the force on the low morale and leadership within the department instead of Democrats’ anti-police rhetoric.

President Joe Biden was greeted by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) on Wednesday when he arrived for a speaking appointment at an Illinois community college. The city’s rampant gun violence however was not on the public agenda, with Biden instead choosing to talk about “human infrastructure” and his American Families Plan.

Tewkunzi Green was released from prison 22 years early after murdering Montral Fleming in Peoria in 2007 when Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a “commutation of sentencing order.” Fleming’s family says they were not notified of her prison release through the state, but instead through Facebook. Multiple families have had similar experiences, and Illinois Senate Republicans are asking why.

A one-month-old girl was among 32 people shot Thursday alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

An Illinois teacher is suing the Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 in Evanston, Illinois, alleging that the school district has stereotyped white people and divided teachers according to their race — in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Monday urged residents to continue to take precautions and to wear masks even as vaccination efforts are underway, citing the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) recent warning about the Delta variant and subsequently mask guidance, urging fully vaccinated people to wear masks.

Over 300 hundred people have been killed in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago thus far in 2021. 

For two years, Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker has bypassed the appointee process for the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (PRB) to fill it with his hand-picked appointees.

A black father ripped Critical Race Theory at a school board meeting in Illinois, asserting the Marxist ideology seeks to teach children “to hate each other.”

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) pushed for more federal gun control Tuesday as Chicago gun violence surges and firearm-related homicides continue to increase.

A massive chemical fire erupted Monday at a plant in Rockton, Illinois, prompting authorities to order residents to evacuate and Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D) to activate the National Guard. 

Illinois Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) resigned suddenly from her state House leadership position last week after allegedly shoplifting in 2020 and then disrespecting a police officer killed in the line of duty last month.

Illinois lawmakers approved a bill requiring public schools offering sex-ed to align their program with LGBTQ-inclusive and pro-abortion standards.

The Illinois legislature passed a $43.2 billion budget bill minutes after presentation early in the morning on June 1.

The far-left group Justice Democrats has backed Kina Collins, a Democrat challenging the longtime Democrat from Illinois, Rep. Danny Davis, for his congressional seat.

Illinois House Democrats are pushing fingerprint requirements and increased fees for the Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) cards that state residents must acquire in order to purchase/possess firearms. 

A very special two-year-old dog in Illinois is back home with his family after he escaped the safety of his backyard.

Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog, filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), requesting an immediate investigation into Democrat Rep. Marie Newman (IL) for allegedly violating federal law and ethics rules. 

CBS affiliate WCIA has apologized for airing an image Friday that depicted Darion Lafayette — who died after allegedly killing police officer Chris Oberheim and wounding another officer in a shootout in Champaign, Illinois — as an angel.

A “Walk for Israel” rally in Naperville, Illinois, was disrupted by violent protesters from the “Naperville Protest for Palestine” Sunday.

During a moment of silence meant to honor fallen Officer Chris Oberheim on the floor of the Illinois House, state Rep. Carol Ammons (D) spoke about the felon, Darion Lafayette, who died after allegedly shooting and killing Oberheim.