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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate farmer Bailey racks up double-digit lead over Aurora Mayor Irvin in gov race

If the numbers hold, it would represent a brutal repudiation by Illinois’ Republican voters of Irvin, his mainstream party endorsements and, pointedly, his $50 million benefactor, Chicago hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin.

Chicago Sun-Times

Saudi-backed LIV golf tour tees up geopolitical intrigue and moral quandaries

CHICAGO — Rich Harvest Farms, a lush private golf course near Aurora, might not seem like a natural setting for geopolitical intrigue and moral quandaries, but they will arrive as surely as the morning dew when the LIV Golf Invitational Series comes to Illinois in September.

Chicago Tribune

Darren Bailey’s Chicago ‘hellhole’ comment and the issue of crime become focus in debate among GOP candidates for governor

State Sen. Darren Bailey doubled down on his comments he considered Chicago a crime-ridden “hellhole” during a debate Thursday night of the Republican candidates for governor as he also sought to aggressively label rival Richard Irvin a “corrupt Democrat.”

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Republican Richard Irvin goes on defense against Darren Bailey, other primary rivals in ABC 7 debate

Bailey frequently interrupted Irvin and the others as they spoke. At one point, during a question about COVID-19 mandates, Bailey told Irvin he shouldn’t be elected governor because he’s a “corrupt Democrat.” Irvin fired back, “I won’t be lectured by someone like Darren Bailey who had a mask…

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican Irvin vows to take the ‘handcuffs off the police’ by repealing law that Democrats insist he supported

The Aurora mayor vowed to repeal “anti-police pro-criminal policies” in a bill that Pritzker signed into law last year. Pritzker’s campaign says a letter that Irvin sent to one of the sponsors shows he actually supported the criminal justice reforms — but Irvin’s campaign says he was just “being…

Chicago Sun-Times

Irvin, Bailey to square off on TV in first debate with all six Republican candidates

The debate Thursday evening will be the first chance for voters to see the apparent frontrunners, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, go head-to-head.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lantern Expands On-Demand Adult-Use Cannabis Delivery To Denver

Lantern claims to have became the first marketplace to launch adult-use cannabis deliveries in Denver, Colorado. Lantern has been serving Colorado consumers since March 2021 when it launched on-demand delivery in Aurora.

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GOP gubernatorial debates: Irvin more elusive than lesser known rivals Schimpf and Solomon

During a rapid-fire “yes or no,” segment, Max Solomon and Paul Schimpf agreed that the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 were not an “insurrection.” But Richard Irvin touted his credentials as a lawyer and said, “I don’t think it’s a ‘yes or no’ question.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican Richard Irvin says he’s not hiding behind his TV ads — or Ken Griffin’s millions

Irvin is a good in-person politician, a side of him that many in the Chicago area haven’t gotten to see so far. A “Meet Richard” tab on his campaign website features photos, his biography and an option to contribute to his campaign, but no information about public events.

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Convicted Starved Rock killer’s lawyer: ‘Smoking gun’ police report clears him

A lawyer for Chester Weger — paroled in 2020 and trying to prove his innocence — says a 1960 police report of an operator overhearing a pay phone call shows Weger wasn’t the killer.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois undercounted in 2020 census, actually grew to 13 million — largest population ever

A U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday shows rather than losing population, Illinois gained more than 250,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. That’s roughly the equivalent of not counting anyone in Aurora — Illinois’ second largest city — and the entire city of Decatur.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Day after day of gun violence in America. Nothing changes

"Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were massacred in Newtown, after worshipers were killed inside a church in Charleston, after office workers were mowed down at a holiday party in San Bernardino."

Los Angeles Times

Former Colorado police chief’s partner submitted false child-abuse tip about councilwoman critical of chief’s performance, investigators say

The partner of former Aurora police Chief Vanessa Wilson called in a false tip that an Aurora City Council member critical of Wilson was abusing her child, according to an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office warrant for the partner’s arrest.

Tribune News Service

Bailey to hit Chicago TV screens after billionaire Uihlein pumps $2.5 million more into GOP campaign for governor

The $2.5 million that the Lake Forest GOP megadonor dropped into Bailey’s war chest on Friday comes just days after a poll showed the gap between the downstate senator and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has narrowed in the wide-open GOP primary race for governor.

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GOP gubernatorial hopeful Irvin takes reporters questions, but doesn’t answer most of them

Democrats and GOP primary rivals have accused Irvin of hiding. His campaign counters that he’s busy running Aurora, the second largest city in the state. On Monday, Irvin was indeed prepared to field reporters’ questions, if not necessarily answer all of them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marmion Academy monk charged with sexually abusing former student

Joseph J. Charron, 66, faces eight counts of sex abuse and assault, accused of having nonconsensual sexual contact with the student before and after his graduation.

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Denver suburb where Elijah McClain died ousts police chief

The Denver suburb where police officers and paramedics have been charged in the death of a Black man in 2019 has fired its reform-minded police chief

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats air TV commercial attacking Republican Richard Irvin’s work as criminal defense lawyer

It’s certainly not the first time the Democratic Governors Association has tried to influence a GOP primary for Illinois governor. But Republican Richard Irvin’s campaign said the new ad shows “Pritzker is running scared,”

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Hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin’s support for the rest of the so-called ‘Griffin Slate’ still a mystery

Griffin, who donated $20 million to Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for governor over a month ago, hasn’t given a dime to the other members of the slate. Most won’t say whether they have spoken with Griffin or anyone on his team about what financial support might be coming.

Chicago Sun-Times

Christkindlmarket returning to the suburbs with Aurora location for 2022

The Aurora event joins its highly anticipated Daley Plaza and Wrigleyville counterparts this holiday season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin playing numbers game with claim he reduced homicides by 40% his first year in office

Irvin chose to compare the two years that reflect the largest downturn in homicides. Six were committed in Aurora in 2017 and four in 2018. Overall, however, homicides have fluctuated under his tenure. Using his math, the homicide rate during his second year in office jumped by 200%, from four…

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Billionaire Ken Griffin hits Pritzker hard on crime, but his firms have millions invested in gun and ammunition makers, records show

Griffin’s hedge fund and market-maker firm reported more than $86 million in investments and holdings in such companies as of December. A company spokesman says Griffin doesn’t choose Citadel’s stock holdings.

Chicago Sun-Times

Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says

Billionaire Ken Griffin has pumped $20 million into the gubernatorial campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s seeking the GOP nomination. And Lightfoot could face a challenge from Arne Duncan, the former U.S. education secretary.

Chicago Tribune

Richard Irvin’s tough-on-crime campaign for Illinois governor ignores his years as criminal defense attorney

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As a Republican candidate for governor, Richard Irvin has promoted himself as a no-nonsense, law-and-order candidate who as a onetime prosecutor put “gangsters, drug dealers and wife beaters” in jail.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ken Griffin donates $20 million to Richard Irvin GOP governor campaign

Irvin, the Aurora mayor, faces four rivals in the GOP primary for governor.

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