Commentary: Mayor Lightfoot’s call for ComEd hearings sounds good, but … – Chicago Tribune

“We’re going to call them for some kind of hearing and make them answer some questions in the public about the broader framing of what they were doing, how they were using their shareholders’ dollars, and give us assurances that we can be comfortable doing business with them,” Lightfoot said, according to reports. As a former federal prosecutor, Lightfoot must know that a public hearing, conducted in the midst of an ongoing federal investigation, may be the last thing U.S. Attorney John Lausch and his colleagues in the Dirksen Federal Building need right now.

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A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign

“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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