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November 14, 2023

Good morning, Illinois.

I was out and about getting a bunch of things done yesterday afternoon after traveling to Springfield last week and realized the late afternoon sun was in my eyes…at 2:30pm.

Ending daylight saving time is dumb. We should start a petition.

The General Assembly is out today. There’s nothing on Governor Pritzker’s public schedule. We’ll see if we see him again before Thanksgiving (they don’t talk to us, so we wouldn’t know one way or another.)

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DURKIN DOING “DUE DILLIGENCE” ON STATE’S ATTORNEY RACE

No Republican has been Cook County State’s Attorney in almost 30 years, but former House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is continuing to kick the tires on a potential run.