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State Sen. Lakesia Collins: “This new law clarifies that squatters can be removed under the appropriate criminal trespassing laws, leaving no room for ambiguity. Squatters are not tenants. They are individuals with no lease, no legal claim and no right to occupy someone else’s home.”
More than 600 municipalities from across the state are keeping a 1 percent grocery tax.
“It’s been hell. We’ve had tear gas come into our plant. Our workers have been hit by pepper balls,” one employee of neighboring Reveal Interiors said. He added that workers have collected nonlethal munitions that landed in Reveal Interiors’ parking lot.
“We just can’t continue to throw money at a problem and expect it to be fixed. We’ve seen that time and time again, but that’s the way of the government. But it’s not fair to taxpayers,” House Minority Leader Tony McCombie said.
Several of Chicago’s aldermen, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced the CTU’s memorial tribute to Assata Shakur, a convicted cop killer who fled to Cuba and was wanted as a terrorist.
Yes, Chicago leaders can keep figuring out ways to take more money from residents, visitors and businesses. But the problem is not revenue, it’s spending.
Pritzker said the government is “claiming a need for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities” for the deployment. “What I have been warning of is now being realized,” Pritzker said. ” One thing is clear: None of what [President] Trump is doing is making Illinois safer.”
Authorities say two of the arrestees, both licensed to carry firearms, were armed with pistols. All four are charged with forcibly assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers.
Cook County is launching a $15 million Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund. Some homeowners who saw a substantial increase on their property tax bills in the 2021, 2022 or 2023 tax years could get a one-time payment of $1,000.
Illinois’ pension crisis won’t be solved without constitutional reform. Waiting for Tier 1 members to completely leave the system would take decades and cost taxpayers billions in unsustainable benefits.
Darren Bailey’s first public appearances seemed to show that one of his campaign strategies will be to focus on affordability, pointing to Gov. JB Pritzker’s increases in spending over his tenure. Bailey didn’t fare well when he ran for governor in 2022, losing to Pritzker in a landslide.
A new state law, recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker and dubbed by supporters the Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation Act (FAIR Act), calls for the creation of a statewide public defender’s office to support underresourced, county-level public defenders. The new state office would provide access to more attorneys, forensic experts, paralegals and other office staff members to help address resource disparities between public defenders and county prosecutors.
“I want to open this interview bluntly. There’s a widespread sense on the Left elsewhere in the country that things are not going as well as might be hoped with the Brandon Johnson administration in Chicago.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an X post on Sunday that it arrested “11 violent rioters” and confiscated two guns and a potential explosive device from protestors outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in the Chicago suburbs this weekend.
A ticking bomb that Illinois’s political establishment is content to see explode.
“Rest in Power, Rest in Peace, Assata Shakur,” the CTU’s post read. “Today we honor the life and legacy of a revolutionary fighter, a fierce writer, a revered elder of Black liberation, and a leader of freedom whose spirit continues to live in our struggle.
Alongside video of the protest, DHS posted: “Sickening chants of ‘shoot ICE’ from the mob of over 200 violent psychopaths outside the Broadview Processing Center in Illinois.
Ald. Jessie Fuentes and state Rep. Lilian Jiménez also commented, saying that they stand firm on their stance against the presence of agents in the city and “that these theatrics and aggressive posturing are neither welcomed nor condoned.”
Marc Molinaro, of the Federal Transit Administration: The facts are grim: In the first half of this year, over 2,200 crimes were reported on the CTA, including 642 batteries, 238 assaults, 259 robberies and 29 sex offenses. Last year’s Blue Line shooting left four dead, and violent crimes per passenger trip have more than tripled since 2015. According to police reports, riders now face a crime every three hours somewhere in the system. And while danger multiplies, fare enforcement has collapsed.”
According to police, the ages of the victims range from 18 to 39.
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