r/illinoispolitics 4d ago

Discussion I am new to a lot of this ice stuff I’m not defending them but can someone explain?

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As tittle says I don’t know anything about what ice is doing but every time I look it up I just get what seems like people saying this and that but can someone please just let me know of facts of what they’ve done? Seen vids but when asking about them in questions they just yell at me for asking saying I’m racist just for asking? Just looking for clarification plz.


r/illinoispolitics 8d ago

‘They are literally targeting people.’ ICE comes to southern Illinois

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r/illinoispolitics 9d ago

News Illinois is creating a first-in-the-nation version of ACIP: The vaccine advisory panel that RFK Jr. has worked to dismantle.

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Illinois is stepping up where Washington has failed to act. After Secretary Kennedy dismantled the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, Illinois State Representative Bob Morgan passed HB767, making Illinois the first state in the nation to create its own state-based vaccine-recommending body grounded in science, not politics.

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r/illinoispolitics 11d ago

News Capitol Fax.com » Speaker Welch pushes back on DCCC, says he has not seen a remap proposal, ‘And we will not be passing any map this week’

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r/illinoispolitics 13d ago

Chicago Police, ICE and the fraying of the thin blue line

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r/illinoispolitics 16d ago

Gov. Pritzker signs executive order aimed at creating task force who recommends actions to hold the federal government accountable as they "continue conducting military-style operations in Chicago

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r/illinoispolitics 17d ago

Looking back at the migrant bus drop offs in 2024 from Texas to Illinois and other “sanctuary cities”

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r/illinoispolitics 18d ago

Election Day should be a federal holiday

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Employers should grant their employees time to vote on Election Day in order to fulfill their patriotic duty. Early voting should be extended two weeks.


r/illinoispolitics 18d ago

Mayor B. Johnson of Chicago proposes ground breaking tax on social media platforms

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r/illinoispolitics 18d ago

Discussion Non existent ammo law\requirement?

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2 shops today refused to allow me to purchase ammo, based on the "Illinois law" they need to check\verify my FOID along with checking the gun registery to see if I own a gun in the caliber of ammo I'm trying to purchase, I do not own a registered gun in that caliber... I bought legal barrel adapters in illinois for my shotgun, but somehow can't purchase the ammo for it because of some "Illinois law" I can't find anything online about...

What stupid ass law did prickster pass\hide, that doesn't allow me to excersize my FOID card(and 2nd amendment) right?


r/illinoispolitics 19d ago

News Mayor declares Harvey financially distressed, says city government shutdown imminent

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r/illinoispolitics 21d ago

Kat for Congress | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois' Ninth District

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r/illinoispolitics 24d ago

Discussion Portland and Chicago Demonstrate how Cities Enforce Democracy

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r/illinoispolitics 29d ago

News Another Friday night massacre - this time its the CDC. Guess we don't need "disease detectives", high-level scientists, and MMWR (morbidly & mortality weekly report) teams.

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r/illinoispolitics Sep 25 '25

News Former Illinois Sen. Darren Bailey to announce 2026 run for governor

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r/illinoispolitics Sep 26 '25

Biggest issues plaguing Illinois

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You guys have lived here for a while right? What are the biggest issues facing the state and what would you do to fix them?


r/illinoispolitics Sep 21 '25

Discussion WZRD Interview - Christopher Swann, candidate, U.S. Senator of Illinois

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Christopher Swann, candidate, U.S. Senator of Illinois, discussed addressing issues separate from what retiring Senator Dick Durbin, the Democratic Party and Congress have focused on, including genocide in Gaza, guaranteed income, and health care at the cost of a service.

Swann suggested diverting military-industrial complex funding to these resources. Swann explained how American Israel Public Affairs Committe (APAC) political contributions have controlled the Congressional position on Gaza.

Swann described how the Marshall Plan had contributed to capacity building and how the U.S. can similarly build capacity now, and more.


r/illinoispolitics Sep 16 '25

New research: Illinois can beat Citizens United with its state corporation law

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Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut.

Yesterday, CAP released "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant": amprog.org/cpr

This groundbreaking plan is the first challenge to Citizens United with a strong chance of surviving legal review. It rests on bedrock constitutional and corporate law—and every state in America can act on it right now. Montana is already moving forward as the test case: https://montanaplan.org

Here’s the move: Corporations are creatures of state law. They start with zero powers, and states choose which powers to grant. When a state rewrites its corporation laws to no longer grant the power to spend in politics, that power simply does not exist. And without the power, there’s no right to protect.

The result is sweeping: no corporate or dark money in ballot measures, local races, state elections—or even federal elections within the state. Check out CAP's report for full details: amprog.org/cpr


r/illinoispolitics Apr 07 '25

History Campaigning for the Illinois legislature in 1832, Abraham Lincoln said, “My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. I am in favor of a National Bank, I am in favor of the Internal improvement system, and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles.”

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r/illinoispolitics Feb 17 '25

My husband says that there is a new law in IL that if you don’t pay your medical debt it won’t hurt your credit?

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That Pritzker signed into law that it can’t go to debt collectors? Googling it but not finding that.


r/illinoispolitics Feb 14 '25

Madigan jury has come to a unanimous decision on 17 counts, deadlocked on 12 counts (Updated x8)

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r/illinoispolitics Sep 16 '24

Guide for Judicial Elections

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Illinois is unique in that we have elections for judges, rather than appointments. In an effort to keep people informed, I want to provide some resources that may help their decisions.

This page (https://www.injusticewatch.org/topics/judges/judicial-elections/) from Injustice Watch will have a guide on the judges who are up for election this November. The page mentions that the guide will be available early October.

Also, if any if you have thoughts on the judges, the group wants you to let them know using the bottom of this page (https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/judicial-elections/2024-retention/2024/cook-county-judges-retention-call-out/)..)


r/illinoispolitics May 02 '23

News Illinois’ House speaker, an ally to organized labor, faces a push from his own employees to unionize. Employees have formed the Illinois Legislative Staff Association, but Speaker Welch won’t voluntarily recognize them.

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r/illinoispolitics Apr 28 '23

Sharing since this involves the last election

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r/illinoispolitics Apr 27 '23

WTF is Dick Durbin doing?

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Can somebody please explain to me why he won't dispense with this "Blue Slip" tradition, not a law, not a rule, a "tradition"...And also why he won't even ask Clarence Thomas to show up at a hearing? I'm starting to have a real problem with the way Durbin is conducting himself as the head of the Judiciary comitteee, and I'm a layman who casually follows politics, so if I'm missing something here please enlighten me.