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All current sitting school board members plan to run for election or reelection except the appointed president, Sean Harden. With several candidates in the running to replace him, the race for school board president is expected to be competitive and expensive.
The Illinois General Assembly is considering helping educational support staff workers whose incomes dry up each summer by allowing them to collect unemployment benefits between academic terms beginning on June 1. “The discussion we’re having now is how expensive it is,” House sponsor Rep. Marcus Evans said. “Is it a Maserati or a Camry? I think it’s a Camry.”
Illinois lawmakers should get economic impact studies before enacting major taxes and regulations and review costly policies they’ve already enacted.
“This moment presents a rare opportunity. Illinois can pursue a major economic development project while also taking concrete steps toward property tax reform, but only if lawmakers avoid crafting a deal that benefits a select few while leaving everyone else behind.”
Johnson appeared to argue that pushing for property tax breaks for the Bears was antithetical to lawmakers’ responsibility to their constituents. “The difference or the disconnect is, look, we do come from different experiences,” Johnson said. “I’m not a billionaire. I’m not the heir of billions of dollars. I’m a working-class brotha that was teaching middle school a handful of years ago.”
According to Ald. Anthony Napolitano, the city’s “weak” judicial system coupled with the SAFE-T Act puts both law enforcement and Chicago’s residents at risk. “[Officials] don’t know where the [electronic monitored felons] are or how to attest for them or how to get in contact with them. They’re basically on the run,” he said. “We should know as residents of the city, what is the threat level setup that you as a judge are allowing these people to go on an electronic monitoring system?”
“The rejection of her petition came without dissent or comment from any Supreme Court justices. And the rejection came despite warnings from Jeanne Hedgepeth’s attorneys and other legal observers that to allow the lower courts’ decisions to stand would essentially give the green light to public school districts to censor and potentially fire teachers and other school staff, should they say things that might offend the political sensibiities of students, other faculty or others in the ‘school community’ who may cause a commotion in protest of the disfavored speech.”
Chicago recorded the highest number of homicides among major U.S. cities from January through April, with 98 killings. Oakland was next with 67.
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