JB Pritzker slipped in after the cocktail hour in time to hear his wife speak about the book in a Q&A moderated by Leslie Hindman, who sits on the Illinois Governor’s Mansion board.Īlso in the room: Former first lady Brenda Edgar, Ald. HISTORY BUFFS: Illinois first lady MK Pritzker gathered more than 150 friends for lunch at the Casino Club in Chicago to share how she wrote “A House That Made History: The Illinois Governor’s Mansion.” Illinois first lady MK Pritzker, in purple, took questions about her new book in a program with Leslie Hindman in Chicago on Sunday, Oct. Pull up your big-boy pants and send me a line: ![]() If you are Beatriz Ponce de León, Playbook would like to hear from you. The delegation is set to meet today to iron out details of the trip. Pat Dowell (3rd), Lamont Robinson (4th), William Hall (6th) and Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th). Andre Vasquez (40th), who chairs the council’s Immigrant and Refugee Rights Committee, and Alds. In the delegation: Along with the mayor, Deputy Mayor for Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce de León, Deputy Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Ald. Specifically, Chicago wants to see a slow-down of buses being sent to Illinois, according to a person familiar with the planning. Customs and Border Protection officials to ask for more help in coordination. MIGRANT MOVES: Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking an entourage of City Hall officials to the Texas-Mexico border this week to see first-hand the conditions and how asylum seekers are sent to Chicago. Hate-crime alert: Police and federal authorities across the county have been on high alert for antisemitic- or Islamophobic-driven violence, and Jewish and Muslim groups have reported seeing an increase in hateful and threatening messages on social media.Īlso condemning the Plainfield attack: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) called it “domestic terrorism,” Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) said it is “a result of the rising islamophobia and hateful rhetoric” and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) said “islamophobia and hatred have no place here.” The Illinois stabbings occurred a week after the Hamas-led surprise attack on Israel that has escalated counter-attacks and war in the Middle East. The Justice Department is also investigating, according to a statement. Czuba, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crimes and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to the sheriff’s office. The charges: The victims’ landlord, Joseph M. “Every single Illinoisan - including our Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian neighbors - deserves to live free from the threat of such evil.”īecause of their faith: “Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” according to a sheriff’s department, adding the boy had been stabbed dozens of times. Pritzker called the crime “nothing short of evil,” according to his statement. “This horrific act of hate has no place in America and stands against our fundamental values: freedom from fear for how we pray, what we believe and who we are,” Biden said in a statement about the fatal stabbing of Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of his 32-year-old mother, Hanan Shaheen. ![]() ![]() JB Pritzker to condemn what police called the hate-crime slaying of a 6-year-old boy in Plainfield, Ill., in wake of the war in the Middle East. We start this week in a dark place.īREAKING OVERNIGHT: President Joe Biden joined Gov. Presented by the Save My Scholarship Coalition
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