House Bill 3799 would require home insurance providers to notify consumers at least 60 days in advance if they raise premiums 10 percent or more. The measure would also give the Illinois Department of Insurance the power to object to rates it finds excessive, inadequate or discriminatory.

$83 million of the roughly $193 million in transportation taxes collected last year by the collar counties around Cook was spent on cops and courts. It is all perfectly legal, thanks to a loophole written into state law at the behest of DuPage County leaders in 2008.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s consistently neglected his duties of checking the legislature and balancing legislation since taking office in 2019. His average veto ratio is 0.83 percent.

“And it’s the wealthiest, those who pay the most in taxes, who are leaving. Second City Cop points to a Wirepoints study and IRS data showing that since 2000 Illinois has lost 1.6 million, an outmigration rate behind only the Democratically run states of New York and California.”

“That’s because standardized test scores are just one piece of information about college readiness. It is not possible to include all the content that students learn in school in one assessment, or even most of it. Students also need non-academic skills such as time management, study habits and persistence in the face of challenge, which are not reflected in assessments.”

Mayor DeShawn Williams said, in part, “The City of Urbana remains firmly committed to following both Illinois law and our own sanctuary city resolution. That means our role in federal civil immigration enforcement is extremely limited and intentionally so. Our focus continues to be the safety, inclusion, and well-being of everyone who calls Urbana home.”

In their appeal, Madigan’s lawyers argue that prosecutors improperly stretched federal bribery and fraud statutes “past their breaking points” in order to secure Madigan’s convictions.

Candidate Don Tracy said with the Senate seat being a statewide election that can’t be gerrymandered, he feels Republicans have a good chance of securing the spot in November.

Cook County’s unit participated in 12 joint operations with railroad police this year, making 39 arrests, including two men charged with breaking into a south side railyard and stealing several boxes of vodka.

High taxes were the top issue impacting the state for 52 percent of the 929 registered Illinois voters polled Oct. 8-10 for the institute by M3 Strategies. Half as many were worried about the economy, the No. 2 concern.

Pritzker earlier said, “I’m sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off.” Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski released a statement saying “Such language debases the office of the governor of Illinois. I am also disappointed that the audience of teachers gave Pritzker’s comments a standing ovation…. You will hear no such language from me when I am governor. I will restore common decency to the office, and that will include language I use to address even my most staunch opponents. I will defeat Pritzker and succeed as governor

“Efforts like this are driven more by politics than by science,” Emily Hilliard, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, said of the bill. “The same Democrat-led states that imposed unscientific school closures, toddler mask mandates, and vaccine passports during the COVID era are now claiming to ‘restore trust’ in public health.

The Illinois Federation of Teachers — the CTU’s statewide parent organization that Gates recently took over — maintains a political action committee that has given nearly $1 million to Johnson’s election efforts. Gates’ elevation from IFT executive vice president could give her greater voice over how that IFT fund dispatches its cash — now totaling over $2 million.