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Asked about an elected School Board, the mayor replied, in part, “The current proposal that is pending in Springfield disenfranchises undocumented parents, which make up about 19% of the CPS population…The current proposal also does not address the reality that every year, the Chicago City subsidizes CPS to the tune of $500 million dollars.”
“Among the most significant of the many bills heading to Governor Pritzker for signature are acts amending the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (“VESSA”), and the Freedom to Work Act. It is expected that Governor Pritzker will sign all of the above-mentioned bills.”
Republicans “seek a declaration that the plan is unconstitutional, invalid and thus void,” the lawsuit said. “Any state legislative redistricting plan must satisfy the principles of the U.S. Constitution. Key among these requirements is the equal protection guarantee of ‘one person, one vote,’ requiring state legislative districts to be of equal, or at the very least, substantially equal population.”
“Short-term programs or police crackdowns won’t be sufficient…’You may need to get a generation of people through good programs before you start to get traction,’ said Maryann Mason, director of violence and injury research at the Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics at Northwestern University.”
Carol Pope says she can’t open an investigation unless a lawmaker files a complaint. In other words, she can’t just act on her own. “I think that the public would think that if there’s public allegations contained in the media about a legislator that the LIG should be able to investigate that.”
“We are operating and moving down a dangerous path if we allow governors either today or in the future to declare emergency declarations as long as they want without input from the General Assembly,” state Rep. Dan Ugaste said.
Secretary of State Jesse White, who said he didn’t know who the statue was when he first saw it, has offered $5,000 of his own money to jump-start a campaign to replace it. “Not only with Dr. King, but with other statues that may not reflect the true image of the individual to do all we can to number one, get a better image, and number two, have a better placement for it.”
Errors are likely when the budget process is behind closed doors with one party looking it over, State Sen. Steve McClure said. “When you don’t have the give and take, and when you don’t have both [party’s] staffs analyzing things, mistakes happen.”
Former Senate President John Cullerton is now a lobbyist for Ameren after retiring in January 2020 from 40 years in the Statehouse, with 11 of those as Senate president. Sitting lawmakers will face their former boss as he pushes the interests of a large utility to sway their votes on an energy package that could use tax dollars to keep nuclear power plants open, close coal-fired plants that will cost southern Illinois jobs and shape the direction of renewable energy for years.
Research from Self Financial Inc. estimated how much Americans would pay in taxes during their lifetimes: $525,037 was the average, or a little more than one-third of their lifetime earnings. Illinoisans will pay $693,792. That is 43% of everything they will earn during their lives.
“Today’s filing should come as no surprise to Illinoisans,” said House Minority Leader Jim Durkin. “The tone deaf Democratic Party of Illinois has robbed citizens of a fair and transparent legislative map-making process, and I plan to be a conduit for Illinois citizens who demand honesty by ensuring they also have their day in court.”
“These applicants have had to acquire places of business, hire team members and all of this has come at a cost to applicants, and the state to this date still hasn’t lived up to its end of the agreement and approved more licenses,” state Rep. La ShawnFord said.
Cook County’s April unemployment rate is higher than Illinois’s 7.1 percent rate, according to the latest local figures from the BLS.
“We were just thankful to be able to hold on to the 6% that we have,” Decatur Mayor Julie Moore-Wolfe said. “For Decatur, that was a lot of money, it was close to $3 million, just in a cut. So it’s money we depend on.”
The Hanover Park Police Pension Fund Board argued that under the police union contract in place from May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2016, holiday pay was pensionable because it could be treated as “fixed” income.
The lawsuit was filed on June 9 in Chicago federal court by State Sen. Dan McConchie and State Rep. Jim Durkin, the respective leaders for the Republican caucuses in their respective chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. The lawsuit asks for a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to invalidate new legislative district maps recently pushed through the General Assembly by the state’s Democratic supermajority, and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, also a Democrat.
One expert urged Chicago to set clear guidelines for board members. In L.A., he said, board members over time have hired so many aides that their combined staff is larger than the district’s central office staff. At the same time, board member salaries have grown into the six-figures. The Illinois bill doesn’t address either issue.
Right now, getting any kind of storefront sign — awnings, block letters, big marquees, or even just a framed poster — requires a “public way use permit.” The permits cost money — and require an application, a review by city officials, a signature from the local aldermen and, finally, a vote from the other 49 aldermen. Lightfoot’s administration said the whole process can take up to five months.
A spokesperson for the Illinois State Police said since the beginning of 2020, there have been more than 220 shootings on Chicago area expressways. But there have been only 3 arrests.
Some of the secret recordings reportedly took place at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. According to the Tribune, part of the focus during those conversations involve a Chinatown property, and a deal to build a parking garage. Madigan’s private law firm specializes in real estate transactions.
Full details on a proposed energy bill have not been released.
“They come from everywhere,” Ald. Walter Burnett said. “They decided to have these pop-up parties in the summertime where they just go in and then put it on Facebook, and everybody go!”
Illinoisans should feel insulted that their elected officials figure the public is too stupid to see through this.
Ted Dabrowski joins the Tom Miller Show to talk about Wirepoints most recent analysis on the new IRS population data.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Scott Slocum on WJOL to talk about the recent census data.
Ald. Daniel Solis’s recordings of Madigan add to the public’s understanding of the long-running federal probe. When Solis was first approached by federal investigators five years ago, for example, it wasn’t Ald. Edward Burke who was in their sights, but Madigan.In addition, Solis wearing a wire on Madigan could help explain why federal prosecutors apparently have cut Solis an unprecedented deal in exchange for his stunning turn as an FBI mole.
The debt associated with Chicagoan Tom Harney’s home is $124,000. “When I look at that number coupled with my income tax, I ask myself why am I staying here and not going to a state that’s focused on keeping its people and growing? I don’t see politicians changing anything,” he said.
In New York, the charges have to disappear from receipts within 90 days of capacity limits going away. But Chicago’s Business Affairs and Consumer Protection office said businesses can continue those surcharges as long as two rules are followed: one, the price increase must be disclosed prior to purchase, and two, businesses cannot claim that this surcharge is a tax.
“All three are ethical hypocrites. All three voted against accepting cost-of-living pay raises when they were in the state Legislature, posing like selfless good guys during hard times for Illinois, but have since gone to court to claw back every dime of those lost wages now that they’re out of politics and don’t give a hoot what people think.”
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