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Duckworth, Pritzker Underscore How Trump Funding Freeze Jeopardizes Head Start Programs and Hurts Illinois Families Who Rely on This Lifeline
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker—alongside parents, teachers and staff at Two Rivers ...
Survivors of child abuse at Illinois youth detention centers file more lawsuits in hopes of change
Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...
The Independent3d
Survivors of child abuse at Illinois youth detention centers file more lawsuits in hopes of change
“How many more men and women who were sexually abused as children need to come forward ... Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, whose office has investigated church ...
President Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence
The Republican president signed the pardon on Monday and called the Democratic former governor “a very fine person” who “was ...
Lansing Journal6d
Gov. Pritzker signs the Kinship in Demand Act
The KIND Act allows the Department of Children and Family Services to develop more flexible standards to certify grandparents ...
FOX 326d
Pritzker, Duckworth blast Trump administration over Head Start funding freeze
J.B. Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth visited ... of education in America that enables the neediest families and children to go to preschool. But Donald Trump’s harmful policies threaten ...
Illinois Policy4d
Vallas: Illinois’ woes say more about Pritzker, Johnson than Trump
J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson consistently ... fewer than one-third of Illinois public school children are proficient in reading and math. This despite spending $43.6 billion on ...
Daily Herald1d
How JB Pritzker has emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal Democratic critics
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made a “special announcement” on Feb. 7: Illinois is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois” and annexing Green Bay, Wisconsin. The video shared by ...
Chicago Tribune5d
Gov. JB Pritzker signs ‘Karina’s Bill,’ aimed at getting guns away from alleged domestic abusers
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure Monday aimed at shoring up protections for domestic violence victims by spelling out when law enforcement is required to take guns from alleged abusers with ...
ABC 7 Chicago4d
Gov. Pritzker pokes at Trump, says Lake Michigan is now 'Lake Illinois'
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...
CBS News4d
JB Pritzker signs Karina's Law removing firearms from domestic violence situations
Governor JB Pritzker signed "Karina's law" on Monday, which requires guns to be removed from people who have a domestic order of protection against them. Surrounded by advocates and families ...
WAND4d
Gov. JB Pritzker makes jab at Florida as he praises Illinois climate achievements
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — At a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker took a swing at Florida as he praised Illinois' climate actions as it moves towards renewable energy sources.