JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Hair Politics: Illinois lawmakers weigh $25M proposed for voter engagement at salons, barber shops
Chicago lawmaker said about 80 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot in the 2024 election.
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Sheridan Gorman’s family honors her at GOP convention with NY Rep. Mike Lawler
Sheridan Gorman’s family joined Rep. Mike Lawler at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas to honor her memory and call for stronger action on illegal immigration. Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student, was shot and killed on March 19, 2026. She was walking along a lakefront pier at Tobey Prinz Beach with a group of friends when they encountered a masked man hiding behind a lighthouse structure. 25-year-old Jose Medina, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested the following day and charged with first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Medina was released from custody months earlier despite an active Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Illinois mother charged with murdering toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of […] The post Illinois mother charged with murdering toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of Chicago, was arrested September 1 after her son Barrett, whom family called "Bear," was found dead in the basement of the family home. Will County prosecutors revealed the poisoning allegation during a court hearing this week, where a judge ordered Walsh to remain detained, citing a continued risk to her surviving children and her husband. The case has drawn immediate comparisons to the Clancy trial…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Illinois mother accused of hanging toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison […] The post Illinois mother accused of hanging toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison her husband with a drink and stated she believed she had already killed her other children, The U.S. Sun reported . Walsh's husband was not home on September 1, the day their son Barrett was found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the family's home in Frankfort, Illinois, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. Barrett's siblings, two school-age children returning home that afternoon,…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Katie Mettler) - At least 1,000 ‘forgotten children’ who died in state custody are buried across U.S., study finds
At least 40 burial sites across the U.S. hold the abandoned graves of children, mostly Black, who died in youth prisons, a new study has found.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illinois Gov Pritzker in Texas to launch new PAC, calls out Trump 'dementia'
Since his first run for governor in 2018, Pritzker has spent more than $400 million on campaigns for himself and other Democratic Party candidates.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Dems in TX to counter 'EPIC' lies from Trump: Gov. Pritzker
In an MS Now exclusive, Eugene Daniels spoke to IL Gov. JB Pritzker as Democrats are in Texas to provide counterprogramming to Republican's midterm convention. Tune into The Weekend on Saturday at 7 AM ET for much more of his interview.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - 'Democrats have the ideas people really want to vote for': Gov. JB Pritzker
As President Donald Trump and Republicans gear up for the first-ever GOP midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday ahead of the midterm elections, some prominent Democrats are in the city for counter-programming. Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker held a press conference Wednesday morning where he argued voters care more about the specific candidates than the party they're from. He did add, however, that he believes Democrats care more about affordability and the "ideas people really want to vote for." NewsNation's Joe Khalil joins "NewsNation Live" from Dallas with the latest. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C.…
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Operation Midway Blitz: ICE arrests hundreds in Chicago as Illinois Democrats fight federal agents instead of illegal immigrant crime
Federal agents have arrested nearly 550 illegal immigrants in the Chicago area under Operation Midway Blitz, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded not by addressing the criminal aliens in his state but by pushing to prosecute the agents who detained them. The Department of Homeland Security launched the enforcement operation on September 8, 2025, sending […] The post Operation Midway Blitz: ICE arrests hundreds in Chicago as Illinois Democrats fight federal agents instead of illegal immigrant crime appeared first on American Almanac .
Federal agents have arrested nearly 550 illegal immigrants in the Chicago area under Operation Midway Blitz, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded not by addressing the criminal aliens in his state but by pushing to prosecute the agents who detained them. The Department of Homeland Security launched the enforcement operation on September 8, 2025, sending ICE teams into Chicago to target illegal immigrants with criminal records, the kind of offenders that Illinois's own sanctuary policies have shielded from federal authorities for years. DHS named the operation in honor of Katie Abraham, a college student killed in a hit-and-run by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who should never have been on American roads.…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Gregory S. Schneider) - A potential 2028 presidential contender plans $20 million to help Democrats
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has formed a political action committee to help elect Democrats as he dances around a presidential bid.