Gov. JB Pritzker says cannabis delivery, which is currently illegal in Illinois but offered in other states, is an idea worth considering. “At first blush, as long as it’s regulated—and as long as we make sure the person who is ordering it gets it, and they’re legally allowed to—it would seem to me the same as someone coming into a store.”

Representatives of key retirement funds that cover teachers in Chicago, the suburbs and downstate say the financial collapse of the FTX exchange and other setbacks do not directly impact them because they did not invest in such assets. City of Chicago officials report the same for its four retirement systems.

According to a recent study from moving services company United Van Lines, there were 123.8 outbound moves from Illinois for every 100,000 households in the state in 2021.

The most recent audit released earlier this year showed the agency “did not allow for the speedy hearing of all appeals,” among other findings.

The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report includes significant upward revisions to the FY2023 projected operating revenues and proposes for an increase of nearly $1.5 billion over the enacted budget. The increase to the projection is due to income and sales tax collections exceeding what was budgeted through the first four months of the year.

The State Small Business Credit Initiative was reauthorized as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA),with Illinois eligible to receive up to $354.6 million. Said DCEO Director Sylvia Garcia, “With a focus on equity, these programs will help hundreds of Illinois businesses in communities across the state – especially those who have historically encountered barriers to accessing capital.”

Not only are more women serving on the bench, but Democrats grew their four to three majority to a five to two majority. “As a court, we have to make decisions based on the law,” Lisa Holder White said. “It really shouldn’t have anything to do with our party affiliation.”

Asked how he’ll gauge if the end of cash bail is a success story, Gov. JB Pritzker said, “We’ll be looking to the [Illinois Supreme Court], they obviously are monitoring this well for us and talking to state’s attorneys and asking what the real challenges are that they’re facing. But a lot of that has been addressed in this amendment to the law.”

What constitutes a sin is open to interpretation. Chicago considers streaming your favorite TV show or song a sin, slapping a 9% amusement tax on entertainment services such as Netflix, Hulu and Spotify.

“What Senator Durbin conveniently forgets is when a consumer on Main Street experiences a fraud on his/her bank account from a purchase made at a big box retailer, the consumer does not call the retailer to fix the fraud and have the funds re-deposited into their account. The bank is the one who will restore the funds to the consumer, not the big box retailer.”

“It’s a reminder that price controls work, though not in the way that their proponents want them to. With the imposition of the cap, it was no longer affordable to lend to certain borrowers. As opposed to better off, the highest-risk borrowers in Illinois found they could not borrow the money they needed and that “their overall financial well-being had declined” in the aftermath of a market intervention falsely billed as compassionate.”