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  • Kamala Harris has little-known childhood connection to Illinois

    Aug 1, 2024 8:45 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News
    Kamala Harris (right) with her younger sister, Maya. Photo courtesy of the Harris family

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    • Kamala Harris (right) with her younger sister, Maya. Photo courtesy of the Harris family

    Chicago Tribune (July 30) When Kamala Harris was a toddler, her family moved to Champaign, where they lived for a year in the late 1960s. Her parents, fresh out of their Ph.D. programs, had both secured jobs at the U. of I.