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Recent News About Cook County
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Illinois drivers will be paying at least 45.5 cents in taxes per gallon of gas by Fourth of July weekend, among the highest in the nation
Illinois residents will likely see the second spike in gas price taxes this year starting in July, making the state one of the most expensive places to buy gas in the country.
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Educational Freedom Institute executive director: Illinois politicians who shut down school choice funding are 'a bunch of hypocrites'
Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Institute, called Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch, all Democrats, “a bunch of hypocrites” because the Democratic-majority Illinois legislature did not extend a school-choice funding program, called Invest in Kids, in a May 26 tweet.
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Illinois 'sanctuary' polices targeted by Justice Department
The city of Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois were three of 23 jurisdictions nationwide that were put on notice this week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for their so-called sanctuary policies regarding immigrants here illegally.