“We have a tax regime that was built on collecting revenues from the real world — from companies that hire a lot of people. Those people buy goods. We [levy] sales taxes, property taxes,” Jason Lee said. “We’re moving to a digital economy where it’s very difficult to figure out how to capture revenue as more and more resources shift to that economy. To provide the public services that everyone relies upon, we have to figure out how to leverage ourselves to the areas of the economy that are growing exponentially, creating historic levels of wealth.”

Businesses in Chicago already pay the third-highest state corporate income tax rates in the nation. They also pay the highest commercial property taxes in the U.S.

Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can’t pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren’t showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity will force them to pass costs to tenants.

Among those taken into custody before 9 a.m. were a female member of the clergy and a person playing an instrument, apparently an accordion.

In 2021, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Public Act 102-0263, which changed the Park District’s funding schedule and created a Tier 3. New hires after 2022 fall under Tier 3, which requires workers to pay 11 percent in contributions rather than the 9 percent mandated for previously hired workers.

More than 50 CTU officers and employees made $100,000 or more in the 2025 fiscal year. To put that in context, the median salary in Chicago is $65,250. The average Chicago teacher made $86,439 during the 2023-2024 school year.

Friday’s attack marks the second mass shooting of the year on the Near North Side. So far this year, 41 people have been shot on the Near North Side; That’s up from 27 during the same period last year, 40 in 2023, and 65 in 2022.

DHS released a statement on the arrest Thursday afternoon, saying in part, “Governor JB Pritzker doesn’t just allow violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers. Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living illegally in the United States for 10 years.” However, the Hanover Park Police Department says Bojovic presenteda valid Work Authorization Card, which was issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a card that was recently renewed.

“History may not repeat itself, but it certainly does rhyme, and we’re certainly walking in the rhythm drumbeat of justice. We are walking in the rhythm of those who have come before us, our ancestors that believed that a room could look like this one day,” Johnson began. “This budget was written long before I took office. These ideas were put forward more than a decade ago by community leaders on the South and West side, by young activists, faith leaders, … This budget has been the one that we have not just been fighting for but waiting for. The

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently changed its grants, requiring recipients sign on to certify none of the funds will be used for “diversity, equity and inclusion mandates, policies or programs,” gender ideology; elective abortions; and immigration-related policies. The federal lawsuit filed by the CHA is challenging that new mandate, and is seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the implementation of the new prerequisites.

The tax-heavy budget, which aims to erase a $1.15 billion shortfall, would hit Chicago businesses hard. It includes a revived and dramatically expanded employee head tax, a second consecutive increase in the tax on cloud computing, a first-of-its-kind social media tax and a broadening of the city’s amusement tax to include online sports betting.

“When Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker signed legislation in August that would retroactively boost the pension payouts of some Chicago police and firefighters, he did more than just increase the city’s unfunded pension liability by another $11.1 billion. He also marked a watershed moment for the city and state, by making clear that elected officials have no intention of addressing a looming fiscal crisis. Illinois is a byword for financial mismanagement.”

“This budget is so bad that one editorial won’t cover all its flaws…. At the end of the day, a signal this negative to investors and existing businesses simply will lead to more future budget shortfalls as the city’s economy falls into recession. Chicago needs to be open for business. Right now, Mayor Johnson is saying — in deeds, not words — that the city that works will make it as expensive as possible to bring workers. Rivals will be rubbing their hands.”

“The first strike was foreshadowed when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was barred from entering Broadview City Hall, and Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said he would have ICE-erected crowd-control fencing and barriers removed because they were erected ‘without permits…'”

It’s the latest local effort to establish “ICE-free zones.” The Chief Judge of Cook County barred civil arrests at Cook County courthouses and Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order making it so that city property — including parking lots next to Chicago public schools, libraries, parks and city buildings — cannot be used by federal agents as staging areas.

Harvey Mayor Chris Clark outlined years of fraud, corruption, and mismanagement from past administrations which he said have left the city $164 million in debt. Clark urged the city council to start the process to declare Harvey a “financially distressed city” so it can seek state oversight of its finances and a potential bailout.