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Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine said the biggest issue in the dismissal was based on the case’s standing, meaning whether a party bringing the lawsuit has the right to do so. Plaintiffs in the case included judicial candidates, the county and several individuals.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot recognized Ukraine as one of Chicago’s oldest immigrant communities and as part of the fabric of Chicago. She called on the United States to open its borders to any fleeing Ukrainians.
The purchase of stock in health insurance giant Centene Corp. was made on behalf of the billionaire governor by trustees at Northern Trust, appointed by Pritzker to independently manage his portfolio to separate those investment decisions from his role as the state’s most powerful elected official.
“The Illinois Supreme Court must finally step in. Legislators need to know whether they have to adjust the statutes going forward or if the ones on the books are adequate and merely misinterpreted by a circuit court judge.”
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During his budget address earlier this month, Pritzker said he believed in paying off the state’s debt, but did not mention the state’s $4.5 billion unemployment trust fund debt.
“Illinois legislators by 2012 recognized that the state’s pensions were in trouble, and that it was imperiling the state’s credit ratings, so they offered an amendment, which, in the Illinois system, must be passed by the General Assembly before being put on the ballot for voters to approve.”
“I don’t think he expected anyone to be inside,” building manager Jason Quach said.
A mix of enrollment decline at higher education institutions in their communities and the untimely clearing out of students during the COVID-19 pandemic have left these communities bracing for lasting impacts, ranging from greater strain on budgets to the potential loss of “Home Rule” status.
A 2019 law made it easier for people who work in fields that require state licenses to activate their licenses in Illinois when their military partner gets transferred. Among the most popular licenses are medical; Teachers and social workers also require specific state-issued licenses.
The University of Chicago’s on-campus mask mandate will end on March 4 “for much of campus,” including “most non-medical campus office settings, on-campus residence halls, retail stores, and dining spaces.” However, masks will still be required in classrooms until the end of Winter Quarter, with no explanation being offered for this discrepancy other than “to maintain continuity for students and instructors in classroom settings.”
Proposed ‘right to repair’ legislation at the Illinois Statehouse aims to require equipment manufacturers to provide farmers with all the tools they need to repair what they buy. Similar legislation has also been introduced in Congress and over a dozen other state legislatures.
“It is not useful as a measure of what they know and can do,” Cassie Creswell, director of Illinois Families for Public Schools, said. “What’s not OK is for the state to put their stamp of approval on this type of testing and push it down into those younger grades.”
Reports indicate several independent convoys from across the country could be heading to Washington D.C. in the runup or shortly after President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address on March 1.
Chicagoan Ken Griffin: “In 1948 American supplies broke the Russian stranglehold on Berlin. Today American energy can end Berlin’s dependence on Russia. If planeloads of food can get the better of Stalin, boatloads of gas can get the better of Mr. Putin.”
One help in this category is that of all countries importing to Illinois: Ukraine ranks 35th with $235 million worth of imports, while Russia ranks 40th with $149 million worth. Of all countries Illinois experts export to, Russia ranks 21st with $469 million, while Ukraine ranks 57th with $52 million.
The city is set to receive $18 billion in federal infrastructure funds, in addition to $45 billion in state money. That $63 billion will help repair infrastructure that hasn’t seen adequate upgrades or maintenance in decades. “It’s massive,” said Gia Biagi, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation. “Everybody recognizes this is a moment. It is a singular chance to shift fortunes and to scale everything up.”
For the second straight year, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority doesn’t have enough money to repay $415 million in outstanding debt, most of it tied to the much-maligned renovation of Soldier Field completed long before the Bears agreed to purchase the shuttered site of Arlington International Racecourse, where they are may build a new stadium.
“I purposely avoid filling up in Chicago if I can,” said Alex Rogers, a Ukrainian Village resident, who added they’d rather fill up in Wisconsin, where gas is on average 60 cents cheaper per gallon.
Danville Development, LCC will present virtual outlines of the company’s suitability and address the necessary requirements for the Golden Nugget Danville Casino.
“We would not know what the contract is that the state is requiring us to sign, and therefore we would have limited control of our personal owned properties,” Springfield Area Landlord Association Spokesperson Stella Dean said.
Erica Swinney Staley, executive director of Manufacturing Renaissance, said, “I think the city of Chicago can now step into a leadership position to say, hey, let’s figure out the right way to do industrial development that takes into the account the values of our communities, environmental issues, the need for education and training such that folks who live in these communities can actually work in these advanced green technology industries that we might want to incentivize to come to any community in Chicago.”
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