Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wirepoints Home Paul Vallas: Why Did Kim Foxx Secure ‘Certificates of Innocence’ for Men She Believed Were Guilty? – Chicago Contrarian Illinois: Tier 2 Pension Costly Benefit Increases Supercharge the State’s Pension Crisis, and Local Governments Would be Hit Hardest – Truth in Accounting Chinese buyer plans partial residential conversion at Wacker Drive office building – Crain’s Illinois cities unveil rival housing plan to Gov. JB Pritzker’s sweeping zoning plan – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Illinois gas tax will rise to nearly 50 cents per gallon in July – Illinois Policy Rich Miller: Property tax relief scant in Bears stadium bill, analysis shows – Chicago Sun-Times Chicago exoneree who blew through $25M city settlement back in jail – NewsNation Bill to tax global profits from Illinois meets opposition protesting ‘double tax’ – Center Square Analysis finds short-term stability, lack of long-term growth in state budget – Center Square SNAP cuts, Illinois payment errors spark fierce debate – Center Square Senate advances bill to expel students who commit sexual violence at school – Capitol News IL Pritzker’s 57 – Eric Allie for Illinois Policy Commentary: Illinois told a failing Chicago suburb, Harvey, it’s not ‘distressed’ enough for a bailout – Crain’s The Mob Comes for Former Northwestern President Morton Schapiro: Georgetown Law School Replaces Pro-Israel Speaker After Protests – Jonathan Turley Juvenile crime in Springfield draws concern after 200-plus charges this year – WICS (Springfield) Illinois weighing a ban on sale of some smoke detectors over safety concerns – Center Square Clashing housing availability, affordability proposals weighed in Springfield – Center Square IL Senate passes bill accelerating lead service line replacement – WAND (Decatur) Illinois legislators gear up for final budget talks – Capitol News IL Obama Presidential Center helped by $123 million in public infrastructure improvements – Chicago Sun-Times Chicago business activity returns to contraction – Illinois Policy Sen. Elgie Sims leads historic measure to raise compensation for the wrongfully incarcerated – Chicago Defender Pritzker Lied Defending the SAFE-T Act, Now a Chicago Police Officer Is Dead – Chicago Contrarian Springfield PD continues to push back against pop-up parties – WICS (Springfield) What a survey of residents shows about the Chicago Bears push for a new stadium – WGLT (NPR at ISU) Plan would have state taxpayers provide $50M for ICE-impacted businesses – Center Square Under oath, Kim Foxx says she believed exonerated men were guilty in ‘heinous’ Bucktown murders – CWB Chicago May Day Madness with the Chicago Teachers Union – City Journal Commentary: Mayor Johnson makes a plea for his Bears plan, but Springfield is megaprojects bill-bound – Chicago Tribune* Govt contracts don’t shield companies from biometrics class actions: Court – Legal Newsline Mayor Johnson leaves Springfield ‘determined’ after pushing for new city revenue and against Bears suburban move – Chicago Sun-Times Unemployment rises; job totals fall in Illinois over last year – WCIA (Champaign) Gov. JB Pritzker says $1 billion in GOP budget bill for Trump ballroom should go to tariff relief instead – CBS2 (Chicago) Digital ad tax plan prompts discussion as impacts remain unclear – Center Square IL Senate committee approves bill restricting ICE detention center locations – WAND (Decatur) Data shows more violent retail thefts, lost sales tax revenue – Center Square Commentary: Keeping local leaders happy isn’t worth the housing cost – Center Square Column: State revenue gains continue to fall under category of ‘modest’ – Champaign News-Gazette Illinois State Police investigating fatal ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González – Capitol News IL Commentary: Policing grows more dangerous as laws change and public sentiment shifts – Chicago Sun-Times Evanston expands cash handouts as race-based reparations program faces major legal battle – FOX News Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine Chicago’s Efforts to Keep Housing Affordable in Woodlawn Falls Short as Obama Center Nears Opening – Illinois Answers Project Chicago Public Schools campus budget could bring cuts amid massive deficit – Chalkbeat Chicago Illinois lawmakers question progress under Evidence-Based Funding for public education – Capitol News IL JB Pritzker, The Heavy Hitter Quietly Bankrolling Democrats Ahead Of Possible Presidential Run – Daily Caller CTU threatens to sue CPS over unpaid stipends for dozens of athletic directors – Chicago Sun-Times Kim Foxx: Prosecutors’ ‘silence’ on murder exonerations doesn’t mean ‘innocent’ – Legal Newsline DHS scorches Pritzker’s ‘sanctuary’ state after child rapist on ICE detainer released in Chicago – FOX News