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Think what you want about the rest of the “Big Beautiful Bill” now heading for President Trump’s signature, but part of it is a triumph for sure: Federal taxpayers won’t pay the $6.5 billion subsidy to Gotion for its battery plant in Manteno, Illinois.
Known as Grain Belt Express, the $11 billion line would carry electricity produced by wind farms in Kansas across Missouri and Illinois all the way to Indiana.But on Tuesday, the Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, a Republican, opened an investigation into Grain Belt Express and requested that the state’s Public Service Commission reconsider its approval.
“I see socialism on the South Side every day and, trust me, you don’t want even a whiff of it.”
The latest data on homelessness in Illinois from an October report by a Department of Human Services task force shows the state had 25,787 unhoused people on the night of the annual “point in time” count in January 2024 — a 116 percent increase from 2023. The increase is largely driven by migrants who have been sent to Illinois by other states.
Two men walked up and started shooting into a crowd of people outside around 11 p.m., police said.
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