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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is intensifying his battle with the Board of Review, betting its new makeup is friendlier to his vision of hiking commercial property taxes. The move is likely to rattle landlords of large properties in the Loop.
The ad highlights the fact that 96% of farms in Illinois are family-owned with several farms owned by central Illinois natives, including ones from Morgan and Macon County.
“It’s kind of scary going to work and having to think about being robbed, but in this area it’s common,” Anthony Castro, who works in the area, said.
Among them, people under 21 convicted of a crime in Illinois can no longer be sentenced to life without parole; certain individuals with a felony conviction to legally change their name beginning next year; and local elections official can now check the signature on mail-in ballots with the signature on the mail-in ballot application, not just the signature on the voter record on file.
“The expansion of the renewable diesel production capacity will certainly put soybean oil and soybeans in higher demand,” said David Zimmerman, a member of the Illinois Renewable Fuels Association and CEO of Big River Resources in Galva.
Fiscal watchdog Truth in Accounting found Chicagoans are each responsible for the second-most debt in the nation. It again gave the city an ‘F’ grade despite improvements from one-time federal COVID-19 aid and unusually high pension investment returns.
“The city of Chicago has more pension debt than 41 other states. Its growing debt has led to serious spikes in city property taxes in recent years, while straining the city budget. Chicagoans need to hear from the candidates about how each of them plans to stabilize city finances to avoid continued tax hikes that make living in the city unaffordable for many people.”
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Doris Turner would require the use of body cameras by EMS workers supplied by their employer to film all their interactions with members of the public. All ambulances would also have to be equipped with dashboard cameras.
Of 625 registered voters interviewed for the poll, 52% said the Bears should not move to Arlington Heights from Chicago, while 23% said the team should leave Soldier Field. Chicagoans were far more split on a follow-up question, with 51% saying they opposed public financing to renovate Solider Field, 42% saying they support it and 7% undecided.
On Thursday, the Illinois Gaming Board reported that Illinoisans wagered nearly $10 billion in legal sports bets in 2022.
In one report from November, the IDHS inspector general wrote that two Choate employees who had broken a patient’s arm in October 2017 bragged about how staff got away with abusing patients by providing scant details on reports and blaming resulting injuries on accidental patient falls. The staffers also boasted about intimidating and bullying other employees to keep them from reporting abuse and bragged that they retaliated against those who spoke up.
“We’re not an island, we’re an oasis,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said.
Said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, ““he Constitution is clear – only the U.S. Congress has the power to declare war…Presidents of both parties have taken advantage of outdated Authorizations for Use of Military Force to justify military action without congressional approval while Congress has sat idly by, happy to avoid hard votes. We must break this habit.”
In her opening remarks, Duckworth said: “We must crack down on carriers that have gotten away with predatory practices that treat customers like suckers and view passengers with disabilities as disposable. […] In recent years, [the aviation industry] has suffered from complacency and a desperate drive for profits that has placed the needs of Wall Street above all else.”
The bill also would require a warning to noncitizens that federal officials could obtain information on their immigration status through voter registration records.
Ald. Jeannette Taylor says she’s seen the work orders, nearly $7 million spent on the facility and personnel to run the shelter. “You’re pitting poor people against each other, people in the community are worried and concerned about their property taxes and devaluing their homes,” she said.
A program that seems to work, and an update on earnings on money held by the Treasurer.
Ted joined Perri Small on WVON to talk about why its such a problem for Tony Sanders – who ran a district where just two students in ten can read at grade level – to be promoted to State Superintendent, why teachers and administrators in Chicago and across the state get away with simply passing children up and out of the school system, why education is foundational to closing the economic gap for black Illinoisans, and more.
Last year, Illinois and 18 other states offered inflation relief payments or refunds for taxpayers and now the IRS is uncertain about the taxability of the payments.
“With economic growth and jobs woven into its fabric, this new law is the most significant step Illinois has taken in a generation toward a reliable, renewable, affordable and clean energy future in a generation,” Pritzker said when
The intraparty strife has made the Chicago mayor’s race — one of the nation’s biggest elections since the 2022 midterms — a crucible for how high-profile urban Democrats everywhere are threading their messaging around policing, violence and racial justice ahead of 2024. It’s also deeply personal for a city that’s regularly dragged onto the national stage
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