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Gov. Pritzker’s office said in a news release that since 2013, administrative rules have “unnecessarily limited” the ability of state police to consider Clear and Present Danger information over a period of time.
Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Grace Hou said in addition to the grants to violence prevention organizations, her agency also committed millions to youth development and other areas meant to aid in reducing gun violence. For the state’s fiscal year that ended last month, Hou said they got $76 million out the door, out of $84 million committed.
State Representative Adam Niemerg explained, “Local school boards have the authority to establish their own curriculum guidelines and do not have to comply with these standards because there is no law requiring schools to teach sex education in the first place… Now the fight moves to local schools, and I hope parents and school boards will work together to stop this obscene curriculum from taking hold in our classrooms.”
“(Like with) anything else I do, I don’t have any regrets, but obviously nobody anticipated that the CPI was going to explode like it has this year,” the mayor said. “Nobody could have anticipated what the consequences of inflation that we’re seeing here this year.”
Per the ordinance: 1) Before impounding a car, police are required to mail the car owner a “notice of intent to impound.” 2) The notice would include a statement of probable cause, police report, description of vehicle, and the date and time of violation. 3) The car owner would have the right to contest the impoundment.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot returned from overseas to several troubling headlines concerning public safety and city finances.
State Rep. Adam Niemerg said the emergency orders are a form of control. “They have always driven the science to suit what they feel is the political narrative to keep themselves in power. This has never been about making clear, concise decisions for the future of Illinoisans during the pandemic.”
“We looked at the percentage of people with high school degrees, college degrees, and we also looked at things like the quality of public schools and universities, as well as achievement gaps between gender, race, and income level,” one analyst said.
According to totals in both counties, the “yes” votes came to 4,149 and the “no” votes came to 4,150. Said Kendall County Clerk Debbie Gillette, “If you chose not to vote for it at all, your vote could have made a difference in this particular election.”
“From the start of the pandemic, we have never known the ‘real’ or total COVID infection numbers because we have always missed people with COVID who did not test for a variety of reasons, including being asymptomatic,” Illinois Department of Public Health spokesman Mike Claffey said. “Home testing has increased this proportion.”
“Would you rather have officers coming to help you when you’re being shot at? Or not enough officers at work and no one coming to help you,” Police Superintendent David Brown said. “That’s the really tough, tough, tough decision that superintendents have made for the last 30 years. And they all have made similar decisions that I made.”
AAA said the national average for regular gas is $4.53 a gallon. In Chicago, the average is $5.65 a gallon. And in the suburbs, the average price is $5.34 a gallon.
The rule change, “allows for the use and maintenance of historic clear and present danger information even if the subject was not actively seeking or holding a FOID card at the time a Clear and Present Danger report was made and allows for use of these reports in possible future evaluations.”
May’s betting receipts created nearly $11 million worth of taxes for the state. “Illinois’ handle was essentially higher in March and April, but it did not decline as precipitously as other states have in those months so the decline was actually less than 10%, which to me was a little surprising,” Chris Altruda with Sportshandle said.
After being told to stop pursuing the car, a stunned officer responded, “The car wanted for the murder?” Another said, “This department’s a joke.”
Chicago had the sharpest drop in tech employment among major U.S. cities between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of federal jobs data by real estate firm CBRE. But some other cities saw gains, including New York, Austin, Dallas and Seattle. Despite the pandemic decline, Chicago has one of the nation’s 10 largest collections of tech workers, according to CBRE. Chicago has the seventh-largest tech workforce at 167,560.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Sunday, the Chicago Police Department said its members “are in the midst of the most difficult and challenging time to be a Police Officer in this country.” Three CPD officers have taken their own lives this month.
“Blue states lose billions of tax dollars and many tens of thousands of jobs as a result of the migration of rich people leaving high-tax and high-crime states. It seems to happen nearly every day…Billionaire Citadel Capital founder Ken Griffin, one of the most philanthropic residents in the history of Illinois, has moved to — where else — Florida.”
Pritzker gets a pass on most all of this in Illinois, and there’s far more to tell about his record of deception. We’ll see whether the national press lets him get away with it as he pursues his interest in the White House.
Three people were killed and at least 36 others, including an off duty Chicago police officer, were wounded by gunfire across Chicago last weekend.
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