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A total of 62% of likely Illinois voters said they either would consider another candidate other than Pritzker (27%), or would vote to replace the governor regardless of who ran against him (35%).
“The SAFE-T Act is now before the courts and thus beyond our ability to have influence except to demand answers from our elected representatives responsible for the shocking lack of transparency that gave rise to it. But Amendment 1 has flown under the radar for too long. As early voting continues, there’s reason for concern and little time for answers. We must have answers because transparency is the lifeblood of democracy.”
The unemployment rate is at 4.5% right now. Illinois’ unemployment rate was up one percentage point higher than the national unemployment rate reported for September.
“We are putting more law enforcement and victim advocacy and prosecutor resources in those first 48 hours [after an arrest],” Lake County’s State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said. “It’s going to make our investigations better.”
A new agreement was made Thursday to consolidate the lawsuits into a single case in Kankakee County. The motion to consolidate must still be ruled on by the Illinois Supreme Court.
According to a 33-count indictment, the defendants paid to have previously dissolved businesses reincorporated in order to use them as shell companies through which they could apply for small business loans and grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
According to figures from the Illinois Gaming Board, the state took in nearly $565 million in gross gaming revenue in August, about $8 million more than New Jersey. New York led the country with revenue of more than $877 million.
Prices around the state are still up from last year. In Joliet, a 1-bedroom apartment is going for about $1,000, up 13% from last year. In Schaumburg, the price is around $1,500, up 14%, and in St. Charles, a 1-bedroom apartment averages around $1,900, a 13% increase over last year.
Jim Dey: “After Dobbs, Pritzker professed to be horrified by the ruling and suggested he would call a special emergency legislative session to further protect and expand abortion rights in Illinois. But he has yet to do so, most likely because Illinois’ abortion law is so broad that there is little room for further expansion…But it’s in the General Assembly, not the Illinois Supreme Court, where the power to address the issue will — and must, per the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling — be addressed.”
Homicides and sexual assaults have decreased in the Wentworth (2nd) Police District since October 2021, which includes Bronzeville, according to Police Department statistics. But burglaries and car thefts are up 134 percent and burglaries up 59 percent in 2022 compared to 2021.
State representatives “used to respect and take professional opinions” from “police leaders throughout the state” on legislative issues, former Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel said. These days, the former police chief believes public safety discussions among legislators is purely political.
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In each case, armed men approached victims from behind and ordered them into a waiting car at gunpoint. Once inside the car, the offenders drove the victim around the neighborhood and took their wallets and phones. The victims were then released without being harmed, according to CPD.
The feds could force the city to make significant and permanent changes to its planning processes or risk losing millions in federal dollars.
According to a 2021 year-end report, the Kinzie TIF corridor has a balance of about $271 million, which is set to expire at the end of this year unless extended by the city. A portion of Illinois law says TIF can be used to combat issues that are a “serious menace to the health safety, morals and general welfare of the people.”
Anyone living in the city, or the suburbs can apply online by signing a tracking consent form. That will pre-authorize the sheriff’s department to track the location of your vehicle if it’s ever stolen.
Illinois lawmakers, earlier this year, proposed extending interest-free treatment on federal unemployment loans. While no formal proposal has yet been released, it’s not hard to imagine California, New York, and Illinois prodding their powerful federal patrons — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin — to waive repayment of their states’ unemployment debts in an end-of-year spending deal.
“It seems like there is no middle ground out there anymore,” Carrie Bryant said outside the downtown Peoria legal office where she works. “Reasonable people have changed into unreasonable people. We have so many huge problems, but people would rather call each other names. It just makes your heart sink.”
Among Democrats, Illinois governor JB Pritzker, billionaire scion of the Hyatt hotel fortune, has the best-funded campaign after pouring in $132 million of his own money.
The reports show Pritzker spending nearly $38.5 million — including $15.2 million for other state and local candidates — the previous three months.
Ted went on FOX32 ahead of the second gubernatorial debate between Pritzker and Bailey to tell Mike Flannery what he wanted the candidates to talk about: property taxes and crime.
Mark joined Steve Cochran to discuss why Gov. Pritzker deserves no credit for Illinois’ recent credit rating upgrades or for paying down bills. It was the near-$200 billion federal bailout that made those things possible, not Pritzker’s administration.
Pastor Corey Brooks: “I recently saw a tweet quoting a lesson from the ancient Midrash that describes our leaders so effectively: ‘He who is compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate.'”
he CTA is planning no changes to base fares or pass prices in 2023, as ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels and the agency continues to rely on federal pandemic relief money.
“But without Amendment 1, Illinoisans will remain perpetually at risk of having right-to-work foisted on them.”
“We’re preparing for a kind of winter surge in a way that we can treat it in our regular healthcare system, that can take on the charge of this continually, I think, challenging infection. We’re hopeful that we’re really gearing toward the beginning of an endemic phase,” said Dr. Sameer Vohra.
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