Ramiro Hernandez, vice president of public policy and strategy with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, said the tax would not only affect big tech.

The one point of agreement between all involved parties is the need to address the current state of housing in Illinois.

The legislation would provide compensation of up to $50,000 per year of wrongful imprisonment, including time spent in pre-trial detention or a juvenile detention facility before a wrongful conviction, and $25,000 per year wrongfully spent on probation, parole or the sex offender registry.

“Apologists for the SAFE-T Act, some of whom are lawyers such as Pritzker, are quick to point out, even in tragic outrages like the (officer John) Bartholomew murder, it is the judges who are responsible for thugs like (Alphanso) Talley roaming free on electronic monitoring after being accused of felonies, not the controversial law. But the judge who put Talley on EM, John F. Lyke, cited the SAFE-T Act as a reason for setting him free.”

At these parties, SPD Chief Joe Behl says they’ve seen shots fired, confirmed shootings, large fights, and people being hit with bottles. Police say four arrests were made in the late-night hours of April 25th and the early hours of the 26th. Police seized four guns in these arrests; at least two of the guns did not have serial numbers.

This plan states detention and processing facilities cannot be located within 1,500 feet of any home, apartment complex, school, daycare center, public park, or church.

According to the Auror retail crime intelligence platform, one in eight retail crimes now involve firearms, blades or physical threats.

Jim Dey: Revenue manager Eric Noggle noted that income-tax revenue continues to provide an increasingly large share of state revenues. He said it is expected “to account for approximately 60 percent of total FY 2026 revenues,” saying that represents a significant shift from prior decades. “As recently as FY 2004, income taxes made up roughly 30 percent of all revenue,” he said. “This growing reliance reflects a combination of income-tax rate increases, most recently in FY 2018, and the relatively stagnant or declining performance of other revenue sources.”

Retired Chief of Police Tom Weitzel: “This year, as of April 1, more than 82 police officers nationwide have been shot, according to the National Fraternal Order of Police. Ambush attacks continue to rise, with offenders deliberately targeting officers without warning. These are not random events. They are the direct result of a culture that has spent years undermining law enforcement and, in some cases, empowering offenders.”

The least popular option is the one reports suggest Illinois leaders are considering, offering the Bears a deal with more public funding than that proposed by Indiana. Interestingly, these results hold throughout the regions of Illinois with one exception: Chicago residents want the Bears to stay at Soldier Field far more than other residents.