Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints May 7, 2024 Chicago Issues/Criminal Justice/WP Original Stories 92 Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024. Read More →
Brazen election interference: Illinois Democrats retroactively change law to knock out Republican challengers. Surely, lawsuits must follow. – Wirepoints May 7, 2024 WP Original Stories 20 Gov. JB Pritzker calls it "ethics" reform. Read More →
Chicago needs more champions of literacy like Willie Wilson – Wirepoints May 7, 2024 Chicago Issues/Education/WP Original Stories 4 It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed Read More →
Don’t fall for the “progressive-income-tax-for-property-tax-relief” tax swap referendum – Wirepoints May 6, 2024 Budget & Tax/Progressive Tax/Property Taxes/WP Original Stories 33 While this new advisory referendum could be nothing more than a political distraction, it could also be that lawmakers are gauging Illinoisans’ Read More →
Pritzker doubles down with $827 million of taxpayer money for expansion by troubled electric vehicle maker, Rivian – Wirepoints May 3, 2024 WP Original Stories 58 At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much Read More →