Politics in Aurora won't bore us

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Email [email protected] -- WGN's Mike Lowe shares hopeful update about his cancer fight, by WGN 9's Dina Bair and Katharin Czink -- Fact check: Claim that Chicago Cubs owner gave money to conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel is mostly true, by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Madeline Heim -- Audit finds many were improperly enrolled in state health care program for noncitizens, while costs were vastly underestimated: "While widely supported by the Latino caucus in Springfield and other progressive lawmakers, the programs have been a source of tension among the Democrats who control the legislature and briefly derailed budget negotiations two years ago before legislators reached a compromise that gave Pritzker broad latitude to rein in costs," by the Tribune's Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella. -- Illinois schools continuing DEI initiatives despite federal funding threats: The state receives billions annually from the federal government, by Capitol News' Ben Szalinski.
31% : Back in 2022, Irvin wouldn't say whether he had voted for Trump in the past election, and he wouldn't reveal his views on abortion.
28% : How Democratic AGs, including Illinois' Kwame Raoul, are taking on Trump and Musk -- and winning, by POLITICO's Rachel Bluth and Melanie Mason -- Musk's bad rep among Dems threatens EV sales push in statehouses, by POLITICO's Marie J. French -- Democrats face decision point on shutdown strategy, by POLITICO's Nicholas Wu and Katherine Tully-McManus WEDNESDAY's ANSWER: Congrats to John Engle for correctly answering that National Louis University was the first school in the country to train students (women) to teach kindergarten.

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