“The legislature has given DCFS a combined additional $150 million in the past two state budgets to fix this mess. But it is clear this systemic failure It isn’t just about money, and it surely can’t be solved by throwing piles of cash at the problem… Gov. Pritzker and his administration have shown they don’t have all the answers, so it’s time to engage brilliant thinkers and leaders in education and social services and show some real idealistic leadership he promised us all in 2018.”

To be eligible for the rebate, a vehicle must be powered and refueled only by electricity, plugged in to charge, and licensed to drive on public roadways. Electric mopeds, electric off-highway vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or extended-range electric vehicles that also have gasoline engines are not eligible.

The majority of college graduates in Illinois have student debt, according to a study by The Institute for College Access and Success, but the average burden varies by more than $20,000 depending on which public university a graduate attended.

“Thirty-six percent of small business owners are reporting spending on new technology and new equipment, and a significant portion of that including surveillance and security equipment,” said National Federation of Independent Business Illinois State Director Chris Davis.

“If infrastructure is keeping planners up at night, heightened electricity demands could exacerbate that insomnia.”

“As time wore on, many American parents also got a lesson in the power of teachers’ unions to dictate policy. School closures varied considerably by district and by state; one audit found that states with some of the least amount of in-person instruction during the pandemic included California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts—all with strong teachers’ unions. In Chicago, the teachers’ union made national headlines by shutting down schools several times, including during the spread of the Omicron variant. “

White, the first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court, is a Republican. But, she said justices have to remain neutral arbiters of the law. “We interpret the law,” she said. “We’re not legislators. We don’t make the laws. And so, we have to have that be top of mind at all times and realize that we have a specific role to play…”

A woke Illinois middle school teacher recently admitted that she routinely lies to parents about what she is teaching children in a video that should not only act as a warning to parents.

“‍Bailey has shown he can do a lot with a little, dominating his primary against better-funded opponents, particularly the Ken Griffin-favored Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin. But a general election in a reliably blue state is a very different game than a party primary, a contest in which it takes not only message but money to compete.”