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January 23, 2024

Good morning, Illinois.

Lots of ice still expected around the state this morning. So, be careful. Here’s the link to the great IDOT road conditions tool.

Governor Pritzker attends a ribbon cutting for a DCFS women’s transitional center in Blue Island at 10am.

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PRITZKER: “DEEPLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT JOHNSON SHELTER PAUSE

Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are continuing their tense dance and budding war of words after reports the Johnson administration plans to stop expanding shelter space for asylum-seeking migrants being sent to the city.

“I’m deeply concerned,” Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference in Chicago Monday. “We do not have enough shelter, as it is, in the city of Chicago.”