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Ransomware attack targets Illinois Attorney General’s Office – WCIA (Champaign)
May 1, 2021
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CEO magazine: Texas, Florida best states for business; California, New York, Illinois the worst – Center Square
May 1, 2021
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The CEO Magazine article is linked here.
Illinois eviction moratorium extended amid COVID-19 pandemic – ABC7 (Chicago)
May 1, 2021
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Illinois college professors gush about teaching social justice on Zoom: ‘I’m living the life over here’ – FOX News
May 1, 2021
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“I mean, really, I’m living the life over here.”
Opinion: I’m a Chicago principal. This round of state testing won’t tell me anything that matters. – Chalkbeat Chicago
May 1, 2021
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Comment: This is a good place for our occasional reminders that our links to third party sources includes those we do not agree with, as here. This is precisely the time that we most need standardized tests — to measure how much damage was done to students over the past year.
Illinois Won’t Require COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Passports,’ Pritzker Says – NBC5 (Chicago)
May 1, 2021
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The tyranny of the reasonable – American Thinker
May 1, 2021
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“People like [Adam] Kinzinger delivering their message do not seem like radicals or extremists. They seem reasonable. Kinzinger has learned this tactic and executed this persona with perfection, yet his allegiances are anything but reasonable.”
Chicago police say gun violence is on the rise this year – A.P.
May 1, 2021
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Statistics included in a news release from the Chicago Police Department reveal that a troubling rise in gun violence this year shows little sign of slowing down. The city had five fewer homicides this April than last April, but the number of shooting victims increased to 299 from 225.
The U.S. Postal Service desperately needs a few good men and women. Maybe you? – Chicago Sun-Times*
May 1, 2021
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Some of the post office’s staffing problems — mainly when it comes to clerks — existed before COVID, which only worsened those shortages.
Gary Rabine Op-Ed: We (Illinoisans) Can’t Afford More Taxes – The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)
May 1, 2021
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Gary Rabine is a candidate for governor.
Democrats Will Control Illinois’ Redistricting Process. Here’s A Look At How That Happens And What It Means. – WBEZ (Chicago)
May 1, 2021
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is facing a political buzzsaw on the subject of political mapmaking, that once-every-decade, winner-takes-all process where the party in charge of the legislature gets to draw new political boundaries.
Financialization Created Chicago Public Schools’ Fiscal Crisis – Jacobin
May 1, 2021
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By Stephanie Farmer, associate professor of sociology at Roosevelt University.