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2 weeks ago | 
chicagotribune.com | David Jackson |A.D. Quig |Kristen Axtman
This story is a collaboration between Injustice Watch and the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix their obsolete and expensive computer systems. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle called for an online method to deliver error-free property records and tax bills.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | David Jackson |A.D. Quig |Kristen Axtman
This story is a collaboration between Injustice Watch and the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix their obsolete and expensive computer systems. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle called for an online method to deliver error-free property records and tax bills.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Kristen Axtman
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
thefulcrum.us | Kristen Axtman
Axtman is a graduate student for Medill on the Hill, a program of Northwestern University in which students serve as mobile journalists reporting on events in and around Washington, D.C.The Biden administration has taken aim at the for-profit college industry with a new rule to help prevent students from being saddled with massive debts. The fate of the program, however, could lie in who occupies the White House in 2025.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Kristen Axtman
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court considered whether a judge can overturn a jury’s murder acquittal on the basis that it contains inconsistencies, and is therefore “repugnant,” and allow the prosecution of a Georgia man for a second time. In McElrath v. Georgia, Damian McElrath was prosecuted after he stabbed his adoptive mother to death in 2012.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Kristen Axtman
WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders on Wednesday urged the federal government for more money and law enforcement support to help them tackle the spread of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times as potent as morphine – in Native communities. At a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing, Native leaders said attacking the fentanyl crisis requires an increase in law enforcement, more funding to prevention and rehabilitation centers, and more authority for the tribal justice system.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
upi.com | Kristen Axtman
Bags of seized fentanyl and methamphetamine are displayed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Photo by CPB Photography/Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Tribal leaders urged the federal government Wednesday for more money and law enforcement support to help them tackle the spread of fentanyl -- a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times as potent as morphine -- in Native communities.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
upi.com | Kristen Axtman
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who chairs the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, has two proposed bills -- the Freedom to Vote Act and the Election Worker Protection Act -- that aim to reform federal election standards. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo WASHINGTON, Nov.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Kristen Axtman
WASHINGTON – A Senate panel on Wednesday sought to address a key issue affecting working parents: the lack of a federal paid leave program. Although no specific bill was debated during the Senate Finance Committee hearing, several Democratic lawmakers cited their respective states as models that the federal government should consider for a national policy.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
upi.com | Kristen Axtman |Jessica Ma
1 of 5 | Trinity Thomas, a gymnast at the University of Florida, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on college sports name, image and likeness rules at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo WASHINGTON, Oct.
