“Fifty counties have fewer than 25,000 residents. Another 31 have fewer than 15,000, 15 have fewer than 10,000, and seven don’t even have 5,000 residents….We’ve long seen advocates calling for school district consolidation and township elimination. But the SAFE-T Act’s implementation last week highlights how the state should probably start a conversation about how dozens of small counties can effectively govern in a modern society.”

“There are about 200 statewide that are sitting in county jails that need to be in (Department of Human Services) facilities,” Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said he was told by state officials. “So, again, we are not taking care of these inmates and that’s our ultimate goal is to make sure that they get that need.”

The Chicago Teachers Union has repeatedly claimed that the privately-funded scholarship program for low-income families diverts funds from public schools. Nathan Cuneen from the American Federation for Children said that’s simply not true. “I don’t see how you could say that it is taking money from anybody, especially because this is funded through a tax credit mechanism and it doesn’t touch school budgets at all.”

“Our report found that if Google were to double the life of Chromebooks in use it could actually save Illinois taxpayers $68 million and it would really reduce the carbon emissions that it takes to make these devices in the first place as well,” said Lucas Gutterman, of the Public Interest Research Group.

The exact wording of the law, and the definition of “under,” faced scrutiny from lawyers on both sides of the case as they argued about the intersection of BIPA and the federal HIPAA law.

Gotion Inc., which has extensive ties to the CCP through its parent company, China-based Gotion High-Tech, is poised to build a plant in Manteno, within 30 miles of two U.S. military installations. “MAGA Republicans have made themselves so irrelevant that they have to rely on xenophobia to gin up controversy for their base,” a spokesperson for the governor said.

As the only member of Congress with a doctorate in physics, he’s using AI software frequently in hopes of learning more about an emerging field that fascinates the medical and science world and terrifies many others, including some in the federal government. “I do a little bit of it just to make sure I haven’t lost all of my technical neurons,” Foster, a former physicist at Fermilab and an Aurora Democrat, said.

“I’m very pleased that President Biden has listened to my concerns and those of other governors and political leaders and expanded Temporary Protected Status to migrants from Venezuela, thousands of whom have been sent to Illinois over the last year,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “…(T)hey are eager to contribute to their new communities and get to work.”

The bottom line, by now, should be obvious. A monomaniacal attempt to create an all-EV future, especially in the time frames envisioned, involves not only more overall labor but an unprecedented offshoring of labor, as well as a massive misallocation of capital. The ultimate result will be economic havoc and bankruptcies—and that will certainly lead to fewer jobs.

“What’s interesting here is that all of these people who have been implicated in the fraud were employed. They either created fictitious businesses or exaggerated their revenues to qualify…Misconduct on this scale clearly shows that governmental ineptitude at the federal and state levels created a feeding frenzy of fraud that was open to all comers.”

Raoul’s office alleged the men underreported over $50 million in sales from 12 gas stations which they own and operate in Peoria, Xenia, Metropolis, Salem, Pickneyville and Wayne City.

Starting January 1, 2024, contractors must ensure workers performing “power washing” activities are paid the prevailing union scale in strict accordance with the IPWA.

Today, renewable sources make up only 10.5% of power. That includes not only current projects but also others planned with promises they will soon come online. On the promised new “equitable” jobs in clean energy industries, the state has yet to train or help place even one worker, though training programs are being set up to be in place by next year.