How it started / how it’s going. First photo at 11 pm, the other at 4:20 am. One of the few benefits of the midnight shift.

Not only a church but also home to an area homeless shelter. Officials said they're continuing normal operations, but the shelter can't follow the church to its new temporary home. #JaxIL #twill www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/grace-umc-selling-church-building-shelter-plans-21086510.php

“It almost feels like they are relentlessly targeting, not just me, but the people within my demographic,” said Taylor Sweeting, an autistic man and Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living program manager. #twill #JaxIL
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Hundreds of people showed up for the procession of Jacksonville PD Sgt. Brian Baptist. He died Sunday at 49 in Wisconsin. #twill #JaxIL

It felt like everyone there knew him, some anecdotally. His friend joked that Baptist was friends with half the town.
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I often hear people in Jacksonville say they don't think anything will happen to the old Jacksonville Developmental Center, even though it's one of the sites in the "Surplus to Success" program. So, I found out what the latest movement was. #twill
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While Wednesday’s committee hearing didn’t involve a vote on legislation, senators did ask about possible solutions. #twill
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If you remember the case against the Chicago Sun-Times that made its way to the Illinois Supreme Court, this bill is a direct response to that.

Returning the remains of Native Americans to rest is a sensitive task (and in Illinois, there's a lot of it to do).

Read Heidi’s defense of press, why journalism matters

Better-than-expected revenue fixed some of the projected deficit for FY26. But spending is limited.
Pritzker even went as far as to cut out a program providing health care to certain immigrants.
All things budget!⬇️⬇️
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I asked the lab's director of U of I's Soybean Innovation Lab what kind of research would be impacted by the USAID funding freeze.

A federal judge in Seattle just granted a nationwide TRO blocking enforcement of President Trump's executive order re. birthright citizenship. Multi-state lawsuit challenging the order includes Illinois. Judge says president seems to consider rule of law merely an "impediment."

I would love an Illinois-specific news feed, but making one seems really technical... 😅 I'm gonna have to look into that a smidge more

Expect some fireworks on the House floor this afternoon as
@housedemsil.bsky.social plan to run resolutions condemning President Trump for his January 6 pardons, his now-blocked exec order freezing federal grant spending, his efforts to undermine DEI initiatives and his immigration actions:

On Wednesday morning, @govpritzker.illinois.gov referred to Elon Musk as “President Musk” and a threat to democracy in his response to @capitolfax.bsky.social Isabel Miller’s question about Illinois and Colorado’s multi-state coalition on protecting democracy.

Rep. Edgar Gonzalez Jr., D-Chicago, is an active TikTok user. “Data has become its own currency and its own weapon,” Gonzalez said. “But I think that in the same way that we worry about foreign countries trying to harvest that data, we should also worry about the folks in the states.”
#Illinois

In a report, investigators said former IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike admitted to the violation.

After years of advocacy the Illinois legislature is moving forward on Karina's bill and now gets a Senate vote. It's designed to ensure that guns are taken away from people who have an order of protection against them. Background from @hannahmeisel.bsky.social
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