AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoGubernatorial Shake-Up: Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin is endorsing Gov. JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey, calling Bailey too divisive and saying the state GOP has moved too far right. South Side Crime: Chicago police are investigating early-morning break-ins along 75th Street, including Soul Veg City, where a suspect took a cash register and a slice of cake; an alderman called an emergency meeting with business owners. Cremation Investigation: A Chicago-area family is questioning whether the cremated remains they received are actually their mother’s as investigations expand around the Glenwood cremation company that handled the arrangements. Illinois Politics & Courts: A federal judge blocked new Illinois rules on prediction markets, while Illinois continues to face legal fights over election-related and economic policy. Energy & Business: Google signed major nuclear power deals tied to Constellation, with Illinois investment and jobs tied to new equipment and uprates. Media Industry: Skydance completed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, reshaping Hollywood’s biggest studio landscape.
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