President Trump recently signed an executive order which seeks to block federal funding to states that eliminated cash bail. Exactly what kind of federal funding is unknown. To this, Raoul replied, “I would turn him (Trump) to the federal court system that largely doesn’t rely upon cash bail. They rely upon assessing whether an individual is a risk to public safety or a flight risk. That’s the system that we have right now without cash bail.

State Rep. Jed Davis said the agency is trying to conflate certification and licenses when he says they’re distinct in state statute. “What the department is telling us is we can send people to your door with zero experience, and we’re OK with that,” Davis said. “Again, I think they have legal exposure.”

Flock does not disclose its customers, but a database based on news reports and company statements assembled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation found about 90 police departments in Illinois that are confirmed to use Flock cameras. More than 461 police departments, prosecutors, dispatch agencies, state universities, transit agencies and railroads in Illinois had access to Flock data.

“Hey Gov. Pritzker, if Chicago is so safe why not prance around the West and South Sides at night without your phalanx of armed bodyguards? You might go it alone. But you wouldn’t dare do that. You expect minority women of low-incomes to take the filthy and dangerous CTA at night to and from work.”

“The tiny community of Ohio, north of Princeton, recently voted on whether to consolidate its 20-student high school with a neighboring school and the measure was rejected,” said former state Rep. Jim Nowlan. “This illustrates the strong feelings people have about their local schools. Many believe that losing the school would mean losing the vitality of their community, which often outweighs what outsiders might see as rational consolidation.”

The Chicago Teachers Union had an opinion on everything from immigration to rental fees during the Illinois General Assembly’s regular session. Taken together, lawmakers did what CTU wanted on six of the 20 bills on which it took a position. That’s nearly 1-in-3 bills CTU lobbied over.

Illinois ranks among six states that host the majority of the nation’s record 14 million unauthorized immigrants., and is doubling down on new protections for immigrant students. This month, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Safe Schools For All Act, which enshrines a child’s right to education regardless of immigration status and pushes districts to outline policies for responding to immigration raids.

Jim Dey: “Over the past five years, the state has contributed amounts ranging from $10.8 billion to $11.7 billion to the pension funds. That’s roughly 20 percent of the state’s annual operating budget, and the effect of the pension spending has been to crowd out appropriations for core state programs.”

These candidates consist of nine Democrats, six Republicans, and two Independents. As of June 30, the three who have received the most funds are Raja Krishnamoorthi, Robin Kelly, and Juliana Stratton.

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