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The Democratic Governors Association is spending Gov. J.B. Prtizker's money to help fund political attacks against Black Republican gubernatorial candidate, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, that sound like they're coming from politicians who wear MAGA hats.

And Pritzker says he's fine with it.

KONKOL COLUMN: Pritzker Funds, Hides Behind Democratic Governors Association Attacks

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• Mayor Lori Lightfoot has launched a program that would reimburse Chicagoans and business owners if they install security cameras and register them with the police department. " By having existing businesses and residents registering their cameras, you are literally becoming our eyes and ears," the mayor said. (NBC5)
• Police want you to see this video to help catch three carjackers. Chicago Film Office director Kwame Amoaku was attacked and brutally beaten last week in the Heart of Chicago community. (CBS2)
• "Since last year’s Trans Day of Visibility, Chicago has had more reported murder of trans folks than any city in the U.S.," Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation organizer Ab Weeks said. Activists say Chicago is one of the deadliest cities in the country for Black trans people (WBEZ)
• General Iron wants to return to Lincoln Park. The owner of the controversial scrapyard shut down its North Clifton location more than a year ago after a series of noise and pollution complaints. City Hall recently denied the companies application to move its operation to the Southeast Side. (ABC7)

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About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."