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Illinois Politics · Illinois(NewsNation) — The Department of Homeland Security announced it would be launching a new initiative targeting criminal illegal immigrants in Illinois. In a post on social platform X, DHS said the operation was in honor of Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old woman from one of Chicago's northwest suburbs who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in January by 29-year-old Julio Cucul Bol, a citizen of Guatemala in the U.S. illegally, according to NewsNation a…See the Story
DHS announces 'Operation Midway Blitz' in Illinois
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Illinois Politics · IllinoisA federal appeals court has approved Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.See the Story
US appeals court reverses lower court, approves Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit
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Department of Justice · ChicagoJustice P. Scott Neville, Jr. will become Illinois’ next chief justice of the state Supreme Court, the court announced Tuesday.The Bronzeville native will be the court’s second Black chief justice. He was the first Black man to clerk for an appellate court justice in Cook County when he took on that role in 1974. He will serve in the role for the next three years of his 10-year term that he won in 2020.Public trust in the courts "requires justic…See the Story
Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. Named Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court
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