Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
May 7, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
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In 2018, Illinois saw 10,000 permits issued for new single-family homes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The state averaged around 40,000 permits a year prior to the Great Recession. That 75% plunge is the worst decline of any state in the nation. Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri have all seen more single-family home construction than Illinois for three years running.
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Brazen election interference: Illinois Democrats retroactively change law to knock out Republican challengers. Surely, lawsuits must follow. – Wirepoints
May 7, 2024
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Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
Chicago needs more champions of literacy like Willie Wilson – Wirepoints
May 7, 2024
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It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Don’t fall for the “progressive-income-tax-for-property-tax-relief” tax swap referendum – Wirepoints
May 6, 2024
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While this new advisory referendum could be nothing more than a political distraction, it could also be that lawmakers are gauging Illinoisans’ appetite for another bite at a progressive income tax hike – this time with lower property taxes as a sweetener.
Pritzker doubles down with $827 million of taxpayer money for expansion by troubled electric vehicle maker, Rivian – Wirepoints
May 3, 2024
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At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
I cringed when my friend told me his young son just bought a home in Illinois. I wanted to say, “I’m sorry to hear that.” Instead I just smiled and kept my mouth shut. You see, I’ve learned that many Illinois residents, including family and friends, don’t want to hear the dismal facts about Illinois. They would prefer to blindly hope that things are under control. I’m sure they think that if things were really so bad that the media would be screaming every day about it. They have busy lives and probably never heard of sites like Wirepoints.
Similarly, I know of a young couple, recently married, who had a big house built in Oswego. They’re not aware of the property tax abuse in IL. Wait ’til they see their property tax bill after the full assessment kicks in.
I also agree with you that there are many IL residents who don’t want to hear the dismal facts about IL (or are unaware of them or are among the deniers). They’ll be the last to leave. I guess they’re waiting until their property tax is 5-10 percent of their property value.
Why build a new house when property values are declining? Also the up front and add on costs of new comstruction, put in a lawn, put in trees and shrubs, decorate, refinish basement, etc. All things you don’t have to spend on a used home. Then the property taxes, towns love to overtaxed those new homes for all the hookups and new clueless residents. The best strategy for anyone needing to stay in Illinois is to downsize because the bigger depriciations will occur in expensive homes.
No articale attached??
I went to Illinois Policy.org directly to read the story.
Sorry. Link now fixed.