Archiv: Illinois


27.04.2024 - 03:30 [ Courthouse News Service ]

Northwestern University students join wave of nationwide campus protests for Palestine

EVANSTON, Ill. (CN) — Students and staff at Northwestern University launched a campus protest in solidarity with Palestine on Thursday, joining a nationwide student movement that began last week at New York City‘s Columbia University.

As at Columbia and numerous other universities, the Northwestern protestors opposed the United States‘ ongoing material and political support of Israel despite mounting accusations that Israeli forces in Gaza have committed war crimes.

09.11.2022 - 05:05 [ theHill.com ]

Democrat Pritzker wins reelection as Illinois governor

During a heated debate last month, Pritzker cast his GOP opponent as a radical extremist who was “out of touch” with the priorities of Illinoisans.

He noted that Bailey was endorsed by former President Trump and called him a danger to democracy.

04.11.2020 - 20:34 [ Wikipedia ]

Hart InterCivic

Hart InterCivic Inc. is a privately held United States company that provides election technologies and services to government jurisdictions. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Hart products are used by hundreds of jurisdictions nationwide, including counties in Texas, the entire states of Hawaii and Oklahoma, half of Washington and Colorado, and certain counties in Ohio, California, Idaho,[1] Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.[2]

Hart entered the elections industry in 1912, printing ballots for Texas counties.

04.11.2020 - 13:04 [ mystateline.com ]

Ballot counting error causes results delay in Ogle County

OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) — The Ogle County Clerk’s Office is reporting a delay in tabulating votes for the 90th Representative District, after officials discovered the electronic tabulators did not read the ballots correctly.

05.06.2020 - 05:34 [ @greg_doucette ]

Chicago, IL: nearly a dozen police officers team up to destroy a car and pull at least one of the occupants out by their head Original poster indicates police stole the car soon thereafter, leaving the driver and another passenger in the lot

(02.06.2020)

23.05.2020 - 08:33 [ Chicago Sun Times ]

Nursing homes now account for half of all Illinois coronavirus deaths; protesters gather at Pritzker’s house

The group, many in wheelchairs, brought a coffin — which police seized. Officers warned demonstrators to disperse, and they did, about an hour after arriving. As they left, they chanted “we will be back.”

Chicago ADAPT urged Pritzker to declare an emergency at long-term care facilities and use the National Guard to move residents to hotels and other locations where better social distancing is possible.

20.04.2020 - 19:04 [ ABC News ]

Residents protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders in 5 states

Protests occurred in Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee and Washington.