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Sen. Bill Cuningham, D-Chicago, won’t seek reelection after 16 years in Springfield.
Pritzker, Quinn remember warm friendships with Edgar.
Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed September 15-21 Rail Safety Week. Marking the 12th year of the statewide awareness initiative. In recognition, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) and Operation Lifesaver, a national rail safety non-profit, will be sharing life-saving rail safety information.
Former Edgar aides agree: hundreds carry Edgar’s message through public service.
City’s top Internet officer uses social media to criticize conservatives’ hero.
A small crowd attended the festivities outside the modest brick house in the village of Dolton, where the former Robert Prevost grew up after he was born in 1955 in Chicago.
Edgar had been diagnosed earlier this year with pancreatic cancer.
Illinois is the only state that has yet to reform its tax sale laws after the Supreme Court found unconstitutional a process that can cost homeowners their residences.
“The fact that the federal government is sending troops as we start these celebrations is an insult,” Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa, a Democrat, said at a news conference. “It is a fear tactic. It’s unforgivable.”
The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland said they worried that it’s too unpredictable to provide a permanent solution and that it should at least be accompanied by incentives for data centers to build new power sources and voluntarily reduce electricity use.