State Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, D-Ottawa, talks Friday, July 11, 2025, about some of the difficulties facing Illinois residents during her town hall at at Northern Illinois University’s Holmes Student Center in DeKalb. Briel will be hosting town halls later this year in Oglesby and Utica. (Mark Busch)
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