Emails: Pritzker’s office not aware band booked for 2 months

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A southern rock band whose logo features the Confederate flag was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s staff learned of the gig and abruptly canceled it.
Emails and text messages obtained by The Associated Press show that Confederate Railroad’s Aug. 27 appearance was canceled by the Agriculture Department just a day after the fair’s lineup was announced June 17.
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