Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wirepoints Home Unpaid contractors cloud Obama Center’s finish line – The RealDeal Gunman sprays Ford City parking lot with automatic gunfire, killing man during car ‘sideshow’ – CWB Chicago Investigation underway after suspected firework detonated outside Ald. Sigcho-Lopez’s home – CBS2 (Chicago) Illinois educators urge Pritzker to reject federal school voucher program – WSIU U.S. House passes Mary Miller’s bill to stop childcare fraud – Center Square The Obama Presidential Center was meant to lift up local contractors. Some are now fighting for survival. – Crain’s Hedge fund rebel to leave Illinois pension board – Crain’s Illinois joins states boycotting Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’ – WTVO (Rockford) Rich Miller: Gov. Pritzker can’t expect to escape Bears stadium bill blame – Chicago Sun-Times As State Approves 1st Video Gambling Licenses in Chicago, Mayor Asks City Council to Reverse Course – WTTW (Chicago) Pritzker signs hemp, cannabis regulation into law – WAND (Decatur) Bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition arrives on Pritzker’s desk – WAND (Decatur) Tax tribunal to remain funded – Center Square Attorney General Raoul Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates On Federal Contractors – RiverBender (Alton) What Chicago Can Learn from New York City’s Budget Requirements – Civic Federation House hearing grills public school superintendents over gender policies, student mistreatment – The Lion State Sen. Sally Turner on gas prices, data center and ramming the state budget through – WGLT (NPR at ISU) Paul Vallas: Mayor Johnson Is Making Chicago’s Affordable Housing Crisis Worse – John Kass News RTA chair sends veiled warning shot to Mayor Brandon Johnson over CTA leadership – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Mayoral challenger Susana Mendoza vows to use financial acumen to tackle Chicago’s $36B pension crisis – Chicago Sun-Times IL rewrites property ‘tax sale’ rules; IL counties keep fighting ‘tax sale’ suits – Legal Newsline 1,200 crimes, 1 arrest: Chicago police fail to address boom in air bag thefts – Chicago Sun-Times Presidential poll numbers show Pritzker at 2% – Center Square Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges Video: New Illinois bill would give $50K for every year a person was wrongfully convicted – FOX32 (Chicago) Four Words That Blue States Cannot Say – The Political Vise Cook County’s Tax Algorithm Worked As Designed. That Was The Problem. – Forbes Records reveal SIU law school’s mandatory ‘professionalism’ event was DEI session – Campus Reform Fla. AG appeals Chicago judge’s ‘lawless’ ruling in kids’ transgender medicine case – Legal Newsline Disability rights advocates file lawsuit over Illinois’ ‘dangerous’ right-to-die law – Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Johnson will ask City Council committee to repeal video gambling in Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times Extension of pension buyout program to drop $144B liability – Center Square Cook County offers loans after latest tax bill delays – Center Square Rural King to invest $75 Million in new Mattoon headquarters – WICS (Springfield) Schools face bus funding, cost challenges – Center Square Pritzker secures passage of parts of Illinois pension proposal – The Bond Buyer Feds move to drop charges in COVID fraud case to avoid hearing into alleged wrongdoing – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo The Hypocrisy of Angelica “Angelita” Guerrero-Cuellar – Chicago Contrarian Bill creates gender-affirming, reproductive care protections for out-of-state foster placements – Capitol News IL Illinois lawmakers fail to pass millionaires tax, path to progressive income tax – Illinois Policy Column: Video gambling has become a big business in Illinois – Champaign News-Gazette Apple can’t shake huge IL class action over Photos face scans – Legal Newsline Cocaine money launderer’s Illinois cannabis license goes up in smoke – Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Tax Grab Update: Digital Economy, Sports Contests, and NOL Carryover Limitations to Name a Few – JD Supra Downtown Chicago apartment rents hit another record high, but growth is slowing – Crain’s Illinois distributes first $25M to local pharmacies to help them compete – Capitol News IL Library and school leaders let Cook County officials have it over costly property tax delays – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Illinois’ Landmark AI Law Sets a New Standard for Oversight – Government Technology Chicago’s sustainable community high schools: Lower outcomes, higher costs – Illinois Policy