Among them, Gov. JB Pritzker said, ” I’m proud and grateful for Illinois pumpkin growers who are responsible for the filling in 90% of the world’s pumpkin pies.”
The fourth largest in the country, Illinois’ pork industry contributes nearly $14 billion to the state’s economy, according to Illinois Pork Producers Association. With an expected reduced capacity of 30 percent and expensive infrastructure upgrades, fourth-generation Bradford pig farmer Cheryl Walsh said complying with California’s Proposition 12 could put her out of business.
A political spending committee run by a close political ally of Illinois State Sen. President Don Harmon, and which spent millions of dollars to ensure Democratic control of the Illinois Supreme Court, has been hit with one of the largest fines in state history for violating campaign finance rules. From its inception, All for Justice campaign committee raised and spent more than $7 million to back the campaigns of Democratic state Supreme Court justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary K. O’Brien. According to the state Board of Elections, All For Justice
The data also says the unemployment rate increased in 13 metropolitan areas and went down in one. The Decatur Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was among the areas with the largest unemployment rate increases, alongside the Rockford MSA and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA. The Decatur MSA now has a 6.1% unemployment rate, a 1.5% increase from last year.
“The most fundamental thing is you don’t allow someone’s hatred to infiltrate how you see people,” Emanuel said. “There is a fundamental goodness in people. I have seen it, I have been a product of it. Have I had antisemitism directed at me? Yes, but I’ve also had the American story.”
Just before 12:15 a.m., shots fired caused a commotion outside of the United Center after Rod Wave and Ari Lennox’s concert. CPD believes an unknown gunman fired shots from a vehicle, striking a 15-year-old boy, two 16-year-old boys and two 18 year olds.
Across Chicago, robbery reports are up 24% from last year and 38% from 2019. The increase is primarily due to incessant armed robbery sprees like this one: Small groups of young men, usually traveling in stolen cars, sometimes committing more than a dozen robberies at a time. But the Chicago Police Department has become so risk-averse that its supervisors almost always order patrol officers to terminate pursuits of violent offenders, even if the cops
After several days in Florida interviewing folks there and in Illinois, the BBC sat down with Wirepoints to complete their report. Wirepoints added some important perspective on the impact political migration has on Illinois. While some Americans may move to Illinois for its progressive policies, far more end up leaving every year due to Illinois’ poor economic competitiveness.
“I don’t think there’s any one reason,” said Pilsen business owner Merl Kinzie. “Student loans are due again, there’s been so much inflation, everything just feels so expensive. You can’t blame people for trying to save money.”
Recently, Northwest Side residents were vocally opposed when tents started popping up on the parkway near the police station. “It’s incredible to think that if you live in Chicago, the city would allow people to camp on your parkway,” exclaimed one Albany Park resident. “This is abusive government. Every alderman who supports this should be put in prison.”
The discussion also encapsulates a host of issues dominating the nation’s political conversation: the cost of living, reliance on Chinese manufacturing and cultural factors such as the feasibility of the cross-country road trips that remain an element of American identity. “There’s certainly been a large uptick in the amount of polarization around EVs,” said Robert Fisher, domain principal of electrification at SBD Automotive, a research and consulting firm. That polarization “is a very credible, serious threat” to wider adoption.
“Something remarkable is happening in these disunited states: a rapid rearrangement of population of the kind not seen for decades. This internal migratory surge, however, may not be as benign as some earlier ones. It is fueled less by geographic factors — the availability of fertile land or the appeal of a milder climate — than by political considerations.”
The share of Illinois residents receiving food benefits was fifth-highest in the nation for August, the most recent nationwide data available. One simple step Illinois can take for hungry families is eliminating the 1% grocery tax. Illinois is one of only 13 states that taxes people’s need to eat, and the only state among the 10 most populated with a grocery tax.
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