SPRINGFIELD – Illinois grows closer and closer to legalizing recreational cannabis – but little has been made known about the problems the industry brings with it. In Colorado, law enforcement is overwhelmed with tips of suburbanites gutting homes to make them into greenhouses to grow massive amounts of marijuana.
By Rob Russell, Guest Opinion ContributorFor more than three decades, I have served in law enforcement – including 20 years as a DuPage County Deputy Sheriff – and...
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By Illinois ReviewA handful of irrelevant Illinois Republicans surfaced this week to repeat their favorite talking point: Donald Trump is supposedly “unpopular” in Illinois and holding the GOP...
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By Illinois ReviewIllinois House Republican Deputy Minority Leader Norine “No Show” Hammond didn’t just skip a Republican event Tuesday night – she skipped her own hometown.Hammond was expected...
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By Illinois ReviewIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed House Bill 767 – a sweeping new law that hands unprecedented vaccine authority to the Illinois Department of Public Health...
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By Illinois ReviewChicago once again recorded the highest level of Thanksgiving holiday gun violence among major U.S. cities, surpassing New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Atlanta, and Philadelphia in...
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