Written by David E. Smith
The Illinois Local News Summit is an annual event held in Chicago that focuses on supporting a strong, free press and addressing the challenges facing local journalism. This year it was held on Friday, April 10, 2026, at the Union League Club in Chicago. This year’s featured speaker was Governor JB Pritzker.
Introducing the governor was Daniel Ash, president of the Field Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a private foundation with more than $50 million in assets.… Continue Reading
Tags: Daniel Ash, Gov. JB Pritzker, Health Misinformation Act, Illinois Local News Summit, JB Prtizker, Journalism Sustainability Tax Incentive Program, Press Forward Chicago, Press Forward Springfield, Pritzker’s Pravda, Union League Club
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | 
April 14, 2026 6:00 PM | 
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Back in 2021, Governor Pritzker signed HB121, SB667, SB1596, and SB2665 into law. All four of these pieces of legislation enshrined into law Illinois’ stance on immigration as being one of the most welcoming in the entire nation.
The new laws strengthen the TRUST Act and make Illinois the second state in the nation to require local officials to end partnerships with ICE, address hate crimes against immigrant communities, expand workplace protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and create the Illinois Immigration Impact Task Force to ensure state programs and policies best serve immigrant residents.
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Tags: Governor Pritzker, Illinois Democrats, Illinois Freedom Caucus, JB Prtizker, Kristi Noem, Mary Miller
Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Immigration, Political, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg | May 10, 2025 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Pritzker Champions Illegal Aliens at Taxpayers’ Expense
Written by David E. Smith
During a U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN) emphatically complained to Attorney General Merrick Garland that there is growing fear of government persecution among Americans, saying at one point, “It’s like KGB.”
In a subsequent Tweet later, she points out:
“As someone who grew up in the Soviet Union, I’m disturbed by the fact that so many hardworking Americans—including my constituents—are afraid of political persecution by our own government.”
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Tags: Donald J. Trump, Dr. Eric Nepute, FACE Act, Federal Trade Commission, Illinois Democrats, JB Prtizker, John Durham, Mark Houck, National School Board Association, Russian Collusion, school board elections, Stephen Lee, U.S. Department of Education, weaponization
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | September 23, 2023 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Growing Fears of Government Weaponization
Written by Nancy Hayes
Republicans’ new idea for winning the upcoming 2024 election is a nationwide campaign they’re calling “Bank Your Vote,” a Republican National Committee (RNC) strategy that is trickling back to the GOP in the states, including in Illinois.
The gist of it is, that local GOP officials are encouraging Republicans to vote early in 2024. The campaign is meant to maximize pre-Election Day voting through in-person voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where legal.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ballot harvesting, Bank Your Vote, Bank Your Vote or Go For Broke?, county clerk, Dr. Douglas Frank, Election integrity, Elections, Electronic Registration Information Center, Freedom of Information Act, Heritage Foundation, III, James A. Baker, JB Prtizker, Jean Kaczmarek, Jimmy Carter, Judicial Watch, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Republican National Committee, Seth Keshel, Voter Fraud, voter rolls, Voting
Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Political, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity | Alyssa Sonnenburg | August 25, 2023 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Bank Your Vote or Go For Broke?
