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Here’s how the 4 mayoral front-runners plan to make the runoff

If the vote total is close to the 556,758 mayoral ballots cast in 2019, the two hopefuls making the runoff are likely to get 20% each. But the four top-polling contenders each have a different formula to reach that benchmark.

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About 2 of every 3 Chicago polling places aren’t fully accessible for people with disabilities

That’s according to a WBEZ analysis of new data from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, which has posted accessibility ratings for each poll.

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Top videos: Bernie Sanders becomes a living meme again with TikTok cameo

Bernie Sanders has become a meme again after accidentally stumbling into a TikTok video on the streets of New York City.

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Colleges brace for the end of affirmative action

"Institutions are just going to be scrambling."

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Higher education can do more to help our city’s immigrants

It is hard to know whether we will see comprehensive immigration reform in our lifetimes, but there are steps that higher-ed can take, right here and now, to partner with the organizations that serve immigrant communities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Black mayors lead America’s 4 largest cities, but their skin color is largely beside the point

It is historically significant that America’s four largest cities have Black mayors. Eric Adams of New York, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Sylvester Turner of Houston run municipalities where 18 million of us live. They are chief executives in charge of some of the most…

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Commentary: Nikki Haley's thankless task

Nikki Haley’s announcement that she was entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination should have evoked cheers among party leaders. Here was a non-white woman just over 50, the daughter of immigrants with a compelling, up-by-the-bootstraps life story, who had become the United States’ first female Asian American…

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Editorial: US faces bigger environmental threats than a single train derailment. Will GOP rise to the challenge?

One of the curiosities to rise out of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, and caused a dayslong fire, has been the outcry from Republican opinion leaders. High-profile conservatives — from U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio to Sen. Ted…

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This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there's growing pushback from state lawmakers.

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Bipartisanship isn’t dead. Here’s what Congress might actually agree on

A banking bill for cannabis businesses. “Junk fee” curbs. Insulin price cuts. The U.S. Congress is bitterly divided, but in these niche areas, there’s hope for compromise.

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Brandon Johnson once said it was a ‘political goal’ to defund police. He’s been less precise running for mayor.

As thousands of Chicagoans took to the streets during 2020′s nationwide racial reckoning on policing, one word captured the fury of that summer: “Defund.”

Chicago Tribune

Trump news – live: Trump suspected of classified documents ‘shell game’ with Mar-a-Lago probe

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The Independent UK

Commentary: Reviving the Southern Black labor movement

In commemorating our forebears during Black History Month, we recognize those who fought for workers’ rights and understood that economic justice does not exist without racial justice. Black workers have always been more than “allies” in labor movements — they were, and are, on the front lines.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The real-world consequences of online hate

Antisemitism, the world’s oldest bigotry, festers around the globe and at home, where it’s at its worst since incident records have been kept.

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Editorial: Progressives have a First Amendment problem

To hear progressives tell it, attacks on free speech come almost exclusively from right-wing book burners eager to control the contents of public school libraries. In particular, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his assaults on woke pedagogy tickle their neck hairs.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Governor, Ron DeSantis had the right to speak in Elmhurst

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.

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Robert A. George: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott may be too nice to win

Fittingly, the first shots in this year’s Republican Party civil war are coming from South Carolina. Former Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley officially declared her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last week, the first person not named Donald Trump to announce. And the state’s junior senator, Tim Scott,…

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Classified Trump schedules were moved to Mar-a-Lago after FBI search – sources

Exclusive: Junior aide took the box, including some classified documents, from a government-leased office in Palm Beach to Mar-a-Lago

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Texans who have run for president over the last 7 decades

No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race

The Independent UK

Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve

It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn't seen in the last 50 years: no elected officials from Texas

Tribune News Service

Estimates vary widely on cost to expand school vouchers in Florida

Florida lawmakers have been given two wildly different cost estimates as they consider a bill that would expand school vouchers and offer education savings accounts to all school-aged children in the state.

The Times of India

10 most notable gifts Joe Biden received as US President in 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden received more than $46,000 in gifts from foreign leaders in his first year in office, according to an annual report from the US State Department’s chief protocol officer.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago mayoral candidate Vallas’ Twitter account liked offensive, racist posts, which he denies doing himself

CHICAGO — Since losing the 2019 mayor’s race, Paul Vallas has been a prolific poster on social media.

Ballotpedia

Florida Supreme Court issues two opinions from Feb. 13-19

The Florida Supreme Court issued two opinions from Feb. 13-19. As of Feb.19, the court issued 12 opinions in 2023—10 fewer than this point a year ago. The two opinions are listed below:

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Governor Phil Murphy (D) issues five executive orders from Feb. 13-19

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) issued five executive orders from Feb. 13-19. As of Feb. 19, Murphy has issued six executive orders in 2023—seven fewer than he did at this point a year ago.

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