FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump Tower in Chicago makes improvements after failing health inspection
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-international-hotel-tower-chicago-makes-improvements-failing-health-inspection/18704241/
NBC5
— Oak Lawn School District 126 uses license plate readers to verify student residency. The school district is paying tens of thousands of dollars for the technology, that one mom says, is erroneously keeping her child out of public school.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/suburban-school-district-uses-license-plate-readers-to-verify-student-residency/3906703/
WGN9
— CTU pushing to cancel classes on May 1. DD: Democrat teachers ever-increasingly crank out not only good little Democrats, but good little protesters.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/ctu-petition-close-schools-may-1/
WTTW
— DD: Where are Democrat leaders putting their homeless encampments in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/11/protesters-disrupt-park-district-board-meeting-tensions-flare-over-looming-encampment
— Key City Panel Rejects Bid to Ban Video Gambling in 6 Chicago Wards, Defying Local Alderpeople. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gaming in Wheaton.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/12/key-city-panel-rejects-bid-ban-video-gambling-6-chicago-wards-defying-local-alderpeople
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ward-level bans on video gambling blocked by Chicago City Council committee. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gaming in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/12/ward-level-bans-video-gambling-chicago-city-council/
— Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability. DD: I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 in 1972 because it was affordable. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ According to Zillow, it is worth only $87,100 today.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/12/senate-passes-housing-bill/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/12/chicago-midway-blitz-immigration-trump-kat-abughazaleh-sharp-joselyn-walsh-broadview-six
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/12/chicago-cook-county-oneill-burke-trump-ice-border-patrol-midway-blitz-special-prosecutor
— New front opens in City Council battle over video gambling. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gaming in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/03/12/video-gambling-battle-chicago-city-council-brandon-johnson-license-committee-rejection
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2026/03/12/tornadoes-weather-illinois-chicago-suburbs-indiana-hail-storm-flooding
— DD: From what I see, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-married, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen ever-increasingly vote for those candidates who promise to use government to give them more preference. According to Democrat leaders, those who are the aforesaid are oppressed by Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/12/midterm-primary-election-illinois-importance-of-voting
DAILY HERALD
— Oak Brook police release details about crash involving DuPage County undersheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260312/news/oak-brook-police-release-details-about-crash-involving-dupage-county-undersheriff/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260312/crime/group-accuses-cook-states-attorney-of-turning-blind-eye-to-ice-crimes-seeks-special-prosecutor/
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders say the state is mostly insulated from Trump’s election threats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260312/illinois/illinois-officials-say-the-state-is-mostly-insulated-from-trumps-election-threats/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.wbez.org/weather/2026/03/12/tornadoes-weather-illinois-chicago-suburbs-indiana-hail-storm-flooding
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-485/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Ted Dabrowski Will Skip GOP Unity Breakfast, Won’t Back Nominee If He Loses
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/sources-ted-dabrowski-will-skip-gop-unity-breakfast-wont-back-nominee-if-he-loses.html
— ‘Part-Time Plummer:’ Constituents Fed Up as Illinois State Senator Skips Local Events Across His District
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/part-time-plummer-constituents-fed-up-as-illinois-state-senator-skips-local-events-across-his-district.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois Has Most Blue-Haired State Lawmakers in the U.S.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/12/analysis-illinois-has-most-blue-haired-state-lawmakers-in-the-u-s/