Daily Herald Election Coverage
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State Rep. Walker appointed to vacant Illinois Senate seatMay 12, 2024 6:57 pm - Former state Rep. Mark Walker will replace Ann Gillespie as the state senator for the Northwest suburbs’ 27th District, Democratic Party officials decided Saturday. Walke...
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Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison planMay 10, 2024 9:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Friday. Top officials with th...
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Schwingbeck declares candidacy for Arlington Heights mayorMay 11, 2024 7:56 pm - Arlington Heights Trustee Tom Schwingbeck has declared his candidacy for mayor — now the second person in town to show interest in the elected position held by Tom Hayes ...
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Why suburban police, lawmakers want to make fleeing from cops a felonyMay 09, 2024 4:56 pm - In his more than two decades as a law enforcement officer, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres has witnessed plenty of reckless behavior and dangerous driving on suburban...
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‘We are going to fight this’: Republican leaders slating legislative candidates despite new banMay 09, 2024 5:19 pm - Suburban Republican Party leaders are slating candidates for state legislative races that didn’t draw primary contenders despite a new law designed to prevent such aspira...
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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election caseMay 08, 2024 9:30 am - ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower-court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the ele...
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Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failedMay 08, 2024 7:42 pm - President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southe...
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Illinois GOP advance 2 human trafficking victim protection bills as others remain in limboMay 06, 2024 7:21 pm - After Illinois received another failing grade from a national advocacy group, state House Republicans have introduced legislation aimed at further protecting victims and ...
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Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelistMay 06, 2024 7:09 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in polit...
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Republicans slam new state election law favoring incumbentsMay 03, 2024 8:33 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With about three weeks to go before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn its spring legislative session, supermajority Democrats flexed the...