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Pritzker urges residents to unite ‘across religions, across ethnicities to renounce hatred’ and ‘alarming increase’ in hate crimes

Illinois has seen an “alarming increase” in anti-Arabism, Islamophobia and antisemitism, the Democratic governor said, noting “online hatred has skyrocketed” on social media and mosques, synagogues and places of worship are being targeted across the country.

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Pritzker draws ire from unions with flip-flop on Invest in Kids scholarships

Democratic legislators now have a preview of what the unions will say if they do vote to keep the program alive, Rich Miller writes.

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Biden, others, welcome the release of an American mother and daughter held hostage by Hamas

U.S. President Joe Biden and others were reacting Friday to the news from Israel that Hamas had freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza

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Illinois lawmakers banned campaign contributions from red-light camera companies but take them anyway

Among those accepting campaign contributions after supporting what was portrayed as reform legislation: Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.

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With his own money, Pritzker launches advocacy group to protect abortion rights

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has created Think Big America, a tax-exempt nonprofit that will spend money and resources to protect and expand abortion rights throughout the country.

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Chicago casino a sure bet for ramp-up in gambling addiction, experts say

Addiction treatment experts are bracing for a steady rise in people seeking help for gambling disorder as a result of the new Chicago casino, just like they’ve seen after other gaming expansions in Illinois.

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Funeral-goers mourn the death of a 6-year-old boy killed in an anti-Muslim stabbing

Authorities have charged Joseph M. Czuba with murder, hate crimes and other charges. One Muslim leader said the stabbing was an attack "on all of us."

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Illinois community lays to rest ‘kind’ Palestinian boy killed in alleged hate crime

As family and friends attended the six-year-old’s funeral, elected officials, including Joe Biden, condemned the brutal attack

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Biden condemns Chicago hate crime attack on Palestinian mother and child: ‘Shocked and sickened’

Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times ‘for being Muslim’

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No threats found as Chicago police pay ‘special attention’ to Jewish, Palestinian areas on so-called ‘day of rage’

A former Hamas leader’s call for a “day of rage” Friday motivated by the Israel-Hamas war has sparked uneasiness and confusion in cities across the U.S.

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Mayor Johnson accepts reality: State won’t consider more money for migrants until 2024

That should end City Hall’s lobbying via news media for more money this fall and lower the temperature a little, Rich Miller writes.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker, first lady report $2.2 million in taxable income

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s personal taxable income has dropped since he took office in 2019, largely because of yearly distributions of trusts benefitting him. Still, his net worth is ranked at $3.5 billion, according to Forbes.

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Brandon Johnson’s budgeted amount for migrant crisis, $150 million, will only last six months, his floor leader says

If Springfield doesn’t step up and cover half of Chicago’s costs and “operate its own shelters,” Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa warned that a supplemental appropriation may be required in mid-year.

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Pritzker, as Biden campaign surrogate, slams Trump’s praise of Hezbollah

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, one of three Jewish governors in the country, released a strongly worded critique of the former president on behalf of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.

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Texas company paid $75m in one year to bus migrants out of state

‘Texas has since bused over 54,000 migrants to self-declared sanctuary cities, providing much-needed relief,’ Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s spokesperson explained

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Villa Park man charged with throwing rocks at Pritzker’s Gold Coast home, leaving letters at the residence

Adam A. Dabash, 38, was charged with stalking and criminal damage to property. A judge ordered him released on electronic monitoring despite prosecutors’ request that he be detained.

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Pritzker says Illinois ‘unequivocally stands’ with Israel in battle with Hamas

The governor, who is Jewish, on Tuesday acknowledged that there are “peace-loving Palestinians, and we must honor them,” but he called Hamas an “Iranian-backed army of murderers.”

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Rocks thrown at Gov. Pritzker’s Gold Coast home, suspect taken into custody

Authorities say someone threw rocks at Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Gold Coast home Monday morning when the governor and first lady were in the residence. No one was hurt.

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Chicago’s plan to hire controversial firm to house migrants alarms critics

GardaWorld has been investigated for safety violations and was also hired by Florida to assist in that state’s migrant removal program

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Border walls and deportations: Biden’s migrant plans prompt outrage

The president decried Trump’s approach but a series of recent steps, critics say, are hardly different

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Chicago-area man charged in connection to Juneteenth party shooting where 1 died and 22 were hurt

Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one person died and 22 others were injured

Chicago Sun-Times

Migrant crisis demands more leadership by Gov. Pritzker

What the City of Chicago has actually done is floated a lot of ideas, but not implemented them and flailed all along the way, Rich Miller writes.

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New Chan Zuckerberg center will ‘put Chicago on the map’ for biomedical research

Dr. Priscilla Chan attended a launch event Thursday for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, a medical research center funded by Chan and her husband, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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DCFS needs grade-A leadership to overcome systemic failures

With the impending departure of Marc Smith, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is back to searching for a new director who is willing and capable of tackling the child welfare agency’s intractable problems.

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Temp worker advocates hail Illinois law that promises equal pay

The Temp Worker Fairness and Safety Act aims to prevent ‘permatemping,’ where an employer keeps a temp worker indefinitely, by requiring that employers pay temps similar wages as direct hires after 90 days on the job.

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