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. Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
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.”
This is a nice warm message just in time for the holidays!
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 »