BREAKING: Evanston officials confirmed that Homeland Security was in Evanston Wednesday A source confirmed a DHS representative was at Church St. and Brown Ave. near Evanston Township HS Evanston PD chief confirmed police would not assist with "immigration matter" Story TK

Politico's @ShiaKapos first reported Monday that Gabel was considering the move https://t.co/G5AptlRCcY

Gabel's been House majority leader since 2023 and was first elected in 2010 after winning a primary to replace Julie Hamos and then being appointed to serve the remainder of the term, winning the general in Nov. 2010. https://t.co/cGvHgdYGSI

The four-year term at DPOE would give her the flexibility to run in 2026 and decide after that if she wants to continue serving in her mid-seventies or step aside and appoint a successor to continue the rest of her term She has not indicated yet she plans to retire

With all the candidates running for everything next year, you have to assume some might be lobbying for her support in the case she steps aside mid-term As cmte person she'd have Evanston's heavily weighted appointment votes in the case of her vacancy https://t.co/jvALNCvYNY

The move would give the 72-year-old rep. immense political power to essentially select her own successor if she chooses to retire in the next few years The current committeeperson is Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss

BIG NEWS: Illinois House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel is prepping a run for Evanston Democratic Committeeperson with the current office holder, Daniel Biss, running for Congress, sources tell me https://t.co/cGvHgdYGSI

The DHS-owned helicopter seen flying over Evanston's lakefront Monday was in the skies again this afternoon, flight records show Looks like today it took a trip around the city and then all the way to the Wisconsin border https://t.co/bx9d3VHGBl

NEW: Northwestern announced former president Henry Bienen will serve as the interim president after Michael Schill’s resignation Bienen served as president from 1995-2009 https://t.co/wr5sKQZQh7

It’s hard to say how many will get the 1,173 signatures to make March’s ballot but if all 18 do, I think it will be the largest primary ballot we’ve ever seen At the very least the largest in the past twenty years, surpassing Illinois 1st in 2022 More: https://t.co/jvALNCvYNY

Here’s Cohen’s launch video from this morning https://t.co/hoPd43kyvx

IL9 NEWS: Jeff Cohen, an economist from Evanston, is the 18th Democrat in the primary for Illinois 9th CD At this rate the primary had a chance of being the largest ballot in Illinois history https://t.co/jvALNCvYNY

Monday's flight appears to be the longest and only flight in recent days with the helicopter bouncing between Waukegan airport, DuPage and Chicago Executive The flight Monday is the only logged flight Monday that appeared to be longer than a flight between two airports

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss tells me he was alerted about the helicopter sighting but didn't know more "As usual, ICE tells us nothing and seems to thrive on sowing confusion and fear." He issued more warnings about ICE in Evanston Monday evening on CNN

NEW: Flight data appears to show a DHS-owned helicopter flying along the Chicago/Evanston lakefront Monday afternoon as the Trump admin ramps up ICE operations https://t.co/3PvHvolPlT

GOP takes aim at Biss as he warns residents about potential ICE operations in Evanston Flight data shows DHS was flying a chopper over the lakefront this afternoon https://t.co/3PvHvolPlT

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Just spoke with Mayor Daniel Biss, who said he received a call from JB Pritzker's office late last night with "credible information" about potential ICE operations in Evanston Unclear what ICE is planning but it appears the planned operations will extend outside Chicago itself

NEW: Statement from the City of Evanston regarding ICE enforcement in Evanston "Late this weekend, the City of Evanston was informed of the likelihood that federal immigration agents will be present in our community in the coming days." Full statement below:

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