Also in this edition of Flannery Fired Up, a longtime friend of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin tells FOX 32 why he supports his newly announced candidacy in the Republican primary for governor of Illinois.
And a conservative activist, 2018 candidate for governor Jeanne Ives, explains why she will support any of the other four Republican candidates, but not Irvin.
And David Greising, president of the Better Government Association, talks about how a joint ownership agreement between the Sun-Times and WBEZ-FM could create America’s largest not-for-profit local news operation. Greising also discusses the five-year, $10 million grant it’s been promised by the Chicago-based McCormick Foundation.The BGA is currently hiring more investigative journalists, one of whom will be based in the state capitol in Springfield.
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