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Two bills that would transfer oversight of state-run charter schools to local school boards and emphasize accountability are making their way through the Illinois Senate, causing concern for two subur...

Challenge to charters: State-run schools in Elgin, Grayslake vow to fight legislation that would cede control to local districts ↗

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Illinois Secretary of State officials are denying findings by the federal government the agency improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to people without permission to be in the United States...

With $128 million at stake, state denies feds’ claims of illegally issuing commercial licenses ↗

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Elgin police officer Jason Lentz has been fired over social media posts he made last fall about immigration enforcement. The city announced the termination in a news release Friday. In a Facebook post...

Elgin police officer fired for social media posts about immigration enforcement ↗

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Voter turnout Tuesday was greater than 2022’s midterm primary in suburban Cook, DuPage and Kane counties, but lower than four years ago in Lake, McHenry and Will counties. That’s according to the ...

Why some voters opted out of Tuesday’s primary ↗

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Authorities say they have found the body of a college student from Elmhurst who was vacationing in Spain. The body of 20-year-old James “Jimmy” Gracey was found Thursday evening in the water off a...

Body of missing student from Elmhurst found in Barcelona ↗

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Police in Spain say they found a body while searching for a college student from Elmhurst who was reported missing earlier this week after a night out with friends. Family members said James “Jimmy�...

Police in Barcelona, Spain, are searching for James Gracey, a missing student from Elmhurst ↗

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It’s the same name on the ballot as in 2022, but the outcome will be anything but, Republicans promised at a unity breakfast Wednesday in Naperville. Former state Sen. Darren Bailey handily won his ...

Republicans pledge unity, take aim at Pritzker and boost Bailey 2.0 ↗

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Fresh from a come-from-behind victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton greeted voters Wednesday and explained why she thinks an aggressive anti-Trump message resona...

‘People are fed up’: Stratton talks about Trump strategy, impact of two women of color in the Senate ↗

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