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							<title><![CDATA[Illinois Voters Deserve the Right To Recall Elected Officials]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Batinick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I first ran for Illinois state representative in 2014, one reform I proposed was simple: Give Illinois citizens the same right that citizens in many other states enjoy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the right to recall elected officials.
Twelve years later, Illinois politicians have demonstrated that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JB Pritzker&rsquo;s Presidential Ambitions Are Sinking Him at Home]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Batinick</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JB Pritzker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s falling poll numbers in his home state should come as no surprise.
A new poll conducted by M3 Strategies on behalf of the Illinois Policy Institute reveals that Gov. Pritzker is now'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' underwater'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with Illinois general election voters. The reason? While he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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