Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html State lawmakers want to rein in artificial intelligence – Chicago Sun-Times Blood Money at Chicago City Hall – Chicago Contrarian Pastor Corey Brooks: Progressive prosecutors lit the fuse, and teen mobs are the explosion – FOX News CPS CEO Macquline King subpoenaed to appear at congressional hearing on parental rights, ‘legal abuses’ – Chalkbeat Chicago CTU Vice President Jackson Potter: Bears-related megaprojects bill is worse than Richard M. Daley’s parking meter deal – Chicago Tribune* CTA touts drop in serious crime 2 months into security surge — but violent attacks remain at historic high – Chicago Sun-Times Cook County liable for property tax sale violations, judge rules – Chicago Sun-Times Chicago health department leaves millions of federal COVID dollars on the table – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Cook County must pay for taking homes over unpaid property tax: Judge – Legal Newsline Chicago Board of Education Members Call on Springfield to Back Students Over Bears Stadium – WTTW (Chicago) Commentary: Illinois toll hike undermines Pritzker’s affordability message – Daily Herald* Gov. Pritzker Sued Over Gerrymandered Districts And Illinois Voting Rights Act – Edgar County Watchdogs Illinois: Tier 2 Pension Costly Benefit Increases Supercharge the State’s Pension Crisis, and Local Governments Would be Hit Hardest – Truth in Accounting Union leaders, board members decry Chicago Public Schools cuts – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Markham files for restraining order against Park District following prom helicopter photoshoot – Daily Southtown* Ald. Jim Gardiner Sues City After He Was Accused by Inspector General of Slapping Critic With Unfounded Tickets – WTTW (Chicago) Cellphone videos of school fights raise safety concerns at Chicago campus – FOX32 (Chicago) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson reflects on first three years on the job – CBS2 (Chicago) Illinois Senate passes bill to regulate auto insurance rates – Center Square Chicago ethics board fines former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas $214,000 over campaign finance violations – Chicago Sun-Times CTA bus driver kidnapped at knifepoint on NW Side, escaped on Near North Side – ABC7 (Chicago) JB Pritzker questions CDC preparedness after hantavirus outbreak – Axios Obama Foundation Announces Naming of Garden Pavilion at Presidential Center for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi – Press Release Chicago mayor to travel to Rome to meet with Pope this month – NBC5 (Chicago) Bill to prevent fraud on elderly, disabled opposed by financial institutions – Center Square Pretrial Fairness Act invoked as Illinois Supreme Court hears detention case – Center Square Illinois combined state, local tax rate tops the country – Illinois Policy Chicago’s Progressive Slide – Chicago Magazine What could Chicago do with 600 more police officers? – A City that Works Commentary: The status quo hasn’t solved our housing shortage. Illinois’ BUILD plan can. – Chicago Tribune* Illinois Sued Over Allegedly Using Race As A Factor In Congressional Map – ZeroHedge McDonald’s, Recommitting to Chicago, Strikes Soccer-Stadium Naming Deal – Wall Street Journal 8% of electronic monitoring participants have gone missing, chief judge says – CWB Chicago Chicago Public Schools to cut teaching staff to help close $732.5 million deficit – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Cahokia Mounds museum still closed after 4 years, millions spent – KMOV (St. Louis) It’s Time For Reparations For Taxpayers Forced To Pay Reparations – The Federalist A $10 million investment to reduce chronic absenteeism in Chicago schools: 40% chronically absent – Chicago Sun-Times Subminimum wage would be frozen at 76% of the minimum pay, but only temporarily, Council panel proposes – Chicago Sun-Times IL Senate committee approves plan requiring speed control devices for reckless drivers – WAND (Decatur) IL Senate committee approves plan requiring court date reminder texts for people on pretrial release – WAND (Decatur) Alders frustrated with delay in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s promise to replace ShotSpotter gunshot detection system – CBS2 (Chicago) Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to Illinois – Capitol News IL A veteran in Chicago Heights is facing foreclosure after a property tax glitch. Now an Australian influencer is helping him save it. – People Magazine How Many More Must Die Before Illinois Fixes Its Warrant System? – The Memo Illinois’ budget picture tightens in final stretch amid economic uncertainty – Capitol News IL Chicago teen takeover mob rams police cruiser backward, swarms car as onlookers cheer; one arrested – FOX News Emmanuel Andre is bringing a restorative justice mindset to Chicago’s community safety office – The Triibe Editorial: Chicago school board President Sean Harden embarrasses himself with hunt for leakers – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Illinoisans flock to Indiana for cheaper gas prices – CBS2 (Chicago) Wirepoints Home