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The move comes as President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement practices are garnering increasing criticism.

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order in response to shakeups at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Illinois Republicans say the governor’s rhetoric is sowing more division.

Bailey is likely the biggest name to enter Republican primary, despite a 2022 loss to Gov. JB Pritzker.

Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests.

Bill Enyart, who served as the most senior officer of the Illinois National Guard from 2007 to 2012, said deploying the guard to Chicago would be a misuse of resources.

The new requirements are the product of a taskforce state lawmakers created to study possible legislative solutions after an EF3 tornado tore through half of an Amazon warehouse, killing six employees.

Gov. JB Pritzker touts redistricting in response to Texas, but that may not yield big Democratic gains in Illinois’ congressional delegation.

As tensions escalate, the Illinois governor won’t rule out state redistricting in mid-decade.

“The most basic thing that we've got to do is make sure that people get fed and people get health care,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at a roundtable discussion in East St. Louis on Tuesday.