“There is no enforceability by the state, no consequence to the insurance company, and no accountability to consumers,” Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in his Friday response to CEO Jon Farney. “That’s just not fair.” Pritzker said eight states have regulatory frameworks in place similar to what he’s pushing, and 41 have even more restrictive standards.

That race will feature incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker, looking to be the first Democrat to ever be elected to a third term in office. Pritzker will be opposed by several high-profile Republicans, including former state Sen. Darren Bailey, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, and former Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski.

The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick extends by two weeks a temporary one issued earlier this month that blocked the federal government from holding back the money from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that they unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in December, up 0.2 percent from November, and down 0.3 percent from the same month one year ago, based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Senate Bill 2876, sponsored by Sen. Terri Bryant, addresses what she calls a growing problem of parents being denied access to evidence used in disciplining their children. Bryant said the issue came to her attention after learning that several grade school students had been suspended based on video evidence that their parents were not allowed to see.

The filing is part of the state’s grid planning process laid out in the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, a landmark decarbonization bill that passed in 2021. If the investments proposed are approved in full by the ICC, ComEd expects residential customers to see an increased average cost of between $2.50 to $3 per month starting in 2028.

If lawmakers are serious about providing property tax relief and protecting Illinois’ economic future, they can do so without raising taxes. They just have to address the root cause: overpromised pensions. Raising an income tax surcharge on millionaires won’t change pension formulas or reduce future mandated payouts, which drive up taxes.

Illinois lost the most residents to Florida (11,659); Indiana (11,629); Wisconsin (9,914); Missouri (7,470); and Tennessee (6,874). In total, Illinois lost 36,737 residents to neighboring states and 46,163 to states farther away.

Trump’s administration has been focused deeply in recent weeks on the idea that federal money is being used fraudulently in blue states.