New population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau suggest that the shifts in political power after the 2030 census could be among the most profound in the nation’s history. If these trends continue for the balance of the decade, California would lose 4 of its 52 congressional districts in reapportionment, New York, meanwhile, would lose three seats, Illinois two, and Pennsylvania one, leaving all three states with congressional delegations half the size they were in 1940.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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Pritzker needs to get those immigrant numbers up so Illinois keeps it Electoral votes and no matter how much money he throws around apportionment is determined by simple math.
I think he kind of cares about the electoral college and congressional representation, but he finds it more important to drive conservative dissidents out of the state instead. Remember, JB is an angry, hateful man with a messed up relationship with food. His father died when he was young, and his mother was an alcoholic floosie who, for no explicable reason, jumped out of a tow truck and killed herself when he was 17, away at boarding school. And no one questioned her suicide. Prior to be sent off to boarding school at Milton on the East Coast, at age… Read more »