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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker talks to people outside of Small Shop Cycles & Service, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decreased and saying sending in the National Guard could only escalate problems.

“We want to make sure and show off that there’s no emergency happening in Chicago,” the Democrat told The Associated Press on Wednesday while walking in a South Side neighborhood where revitalization in recent years has includ

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