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State Week: Operation Midway Blitz appears to be winding down, for now

State Week 23 logo (capitol dome)
Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

After facing protests and unfavorable court rulings, some federal agents have left the city. But arrests are still being reported. There is also talk of a more enhanced operation returning in the spring. We discuss the situation.

Also, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, who had faced a $10 million fine for violating state campaign finance laws, gets a break.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Chicago Sun-Times Public Safety Reporter Sophie Sherry.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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