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Here are the candidates running in each district, based on records held by the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Chicago Board of Elections.
Ted Dabrowski joined the Ramblin’ Ray Stevens Show to discuss the new hike that will increase Illinois gas taxes to 47 cents a gallon on July 1st. Ted explains why Illinois has some of the most expensive gas prices in America and who is responsible for the gas tax hike.
While he supported the measure, state Rep. Steven Reick, R-Woodstock, worried it will add to the size of state government. “As H.L. Mencken said, ‘the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and clamoring for safety by creating a series of hobgoblins most of them imaginary,” Reick said.
On the governor’s desk and ready to be signed is Senate Bill 1400, which seeks to improve discipline procedures by creating statewide guidelines for school districts.
Additional taxpayer supported shelters are set to serve migrants arriving in Chicago. The two new shelters and one existing shelter will house a total combined capacity of 2,000 people.
The EV maker reported a loss of $1.45 billion during the first quarter of this year, as it retooled its plant in Normal, Illinois, to launch updated versions of its R1T pickup and R1S SUV EVs ahead of its next-generation vehicles in 2026.
Chicago’s poverty rate stands at 17.2%, higher than before America launched a war on poverty in the 1960’s. Why? One key factor is the perverse incentives created by “benefits cliffs.”
Illinois’ unemployment rate continued to exceed the national average of 4% in May. It was higher than all neighboring state.
The Obama Center is expected to open in 2026. When asked whether he would commit to pushing the South Shore ordinance through council by 2025, Johnson took a “long way of saying yes,” he said. The mayor offered few details as he mostly repeated his points about winning over skeptics.
“It appears there is no student justice in Chicago, even for $50 billion.”
Critical Race Theory and systemic racism in education are going to a whole new level in Illinois. In fact, under a proposed new scheme supposedly aimed at fighting alleged “disparities” in higher learning, people with darker complexions (or lower grades) will literally be worth more than those with lighter skin.
Chicago has the highest effective commercial property tax rate among some of the nation’s biggest cities. Those taxes are one of several pressure points – including an ongoing crime wave, faltering public transportation, a failing school district, not to mention the continued impacts of working from home – that threaten to send the city into a downward spiral.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago’s numerous “equity” failures while criticizing Mayor Johnson’s idea to pursue reparations in the city.
“The Chicago Police Department has been and continues to prepare for the upcoming Democratic National Convention since Chicago was announced as the host city a year ago. Our training has been heavily focused on responding to large-scale First Amendment activity,” the department told NBC Chicago in a statement Monday. “As always, we will protect those exercising their constitutional rights, as well as those who are working, living, and visiting in the areas of the demonstrations. When orders to disperse are given for public safety reasons, we will seek voluntary compliance first consistent with the Department’s First Amendment Rights policy. Those
More of the trips are to places outside downtown. Chicago saw slightly fewer trips downtown in 2023 than in 2022, but downtown speeds still remained slow, averaging about 11 miles per hour, Inrix found.
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