“It’s very difficult to legally force a TV station to take down a candidate’s advertisement. But, as we’ve seen in the past few weeks with Dan Proft’s People Who Play by the Rules PAC ads for Darren Bailey, it’s not nearly as difficult to force an independent expenditure committee to prove the truthfulness of what it’s saying in its ads or see them yanked.”
Gov. JB Pritzker has instructed the Illinois Department of Revenue to temporarily suspend the international fuel tax agreement (IFTA) licensing requirements for 30 days, to allow those assisting with Florida’s hurricane relief efforts to provide help without having to register and pay fuel tax in Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker said the SAFE-T Act could undergo some changes, mainly to help Illinois citizens better understand what the measure does. “One thing I think is reasonable is there are people who do not understand the SAFE-T Act and are misrepresenting it. So making changes to the language is such, so that people will understand.”
Gov. JB Pritzker is considering changes to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform to clarify provisions related to the end of cash bail in Illinois, while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, continues to push for a full repeal.
With future control of the 50-50 Senate at stake, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin is jettisoning the tradition of detente between home-state colleagues, ripping the Republican this week for voting against advancing a motion to keep the government from shutting down.
Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski joins Mary Ann Ahern of NBC 5 to discuss the upcoming “Workers’ Rights” Amendment, also known as Amendment 1. Dabrowski pointed out, “The more powers you give the government unions to negotiate over taxpayers, the more it’s going to cost.” And that, “It’s hard to imagine how property taxes will ever come down. You can only see them ratcheting up.”
“The big, big issue is what it does for the public-sector unions; it basically enshrines all their powers into the constitution and it gives new rights that workers in no other state have,” said Ted Dabrowski, president of Wirepoints.
“If Illinois Democrats don’t repeal the SAFE-T ACT within the next few days, before the Nov. 8 elections, it’s proof they’d rather put their own heads in the sand while putting their own voters at risk.”
The GOP nominee for governor gained fame as the voice of opposition on cultural issues — gun rights, abortion — at the statehouse. But he passed few bills of his own.
David Greising, of the Better Government Association: “The money is making a huge difference. And the publication of truth in the form of journalism cannot happen soon enough. The fate of our digital town square in Chicago and across Illinois depends largely on our ability to produce more fair, accurate and incisive news.”
Since the first buses arrived in Chicago at the end of August carrying asylum-seekers, Illinois has welcomed 1,736 migrants from the Texas border.
The regional index dropped sharply to 45.7 in September from 52.2 in the prior month. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal forecast a 51.8 reading. Readings below 50 indicate contracting conditions.
“…(U)nion advocates say they don’t want to keep playing ping-pong with each administration, and see the Illinois constitution as a more sturdy vehicle for ensuring worker rights. The impact of the pandemic on workers, supporters say, also heightened their resolve to push for the amendment.”
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) now spends over $29,000 per student, compared to $17,800 per student in 2020. According to a report by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner from Wirepoints, only 11% of Black students and 17% of Hispanic students were reading on grade level in 2021.
“I need some legislation to curb the city of Chicago from gradually increasing their water rates by 5%,” Robbins Mayor Darren E. Bryant said. “We’re already behind $16 million and each year we’re getting a 5% increase on top of that. We’ll never catch up. Never.” Chicago sued Robbins and Dolton in 2018 over unpaid water debt.
Illinois will receive more than $148 million in federal funding over the next five years to build out a network of public EV charging stations across the state. In accordance with NEVI requirements, EV charging stations will be built at least every 50 miles along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.
Authorities on both sides of the Amendment 1 issue debate the implications of the referendum question in this joint Zoom interview.
According to a news release “The Old State Capitol served as the seat of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1841 to 1872. During this time, the Court heard several cases that effected freedom seekers and allies operating within Illinois’ Underground Railroad.”
Ted was on with Dan and Amy to talk about the the diminishing enrollment numbers at Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Lightfoot’s proposal to add affordable housing downtown, the damage the SAFE-T Act will do to Illinoisans’ safety and more.
The pandemic created political superheroes and villains. In Illinois, Pritzker was both — lauded for stepping up to former President Donald Trump and fighting for COVID-19 resources, and lambasted by those who viewed him as an authoritarian for enacting long-standing executive orders that shut down much of the state. The pandemic also fueled presidential ambitions among many governors across the nation, including Pritzker.
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