Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wirepoints Home Pritzker joins bipartisan group of governors pushing for data centers to pay their own electric bills – Daily Herald* Illinois gives $500,000 to health advocacy non-profit – Illinois Policy Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker’s abortion fund proposal – Capitol News IL Illinois proposal would give unemployment benefits to striking workers – Center Square Pritzker, GOP candidate say they support a free press, differ on tax credits – Center Square 37-year-old woman shot while riding CTA bus near Chicago high school – NBC5 (Chicago) The cost of bond delays – A City that Works Chicago Archdiocese says CPS cut funding for students with disabilities – WGNTV (Chicago) Proposed Illinois law would expand access to solar power to people who can’t install rooftop panels – CBS2 (Chicago) Rich Miller: State revenues up but uncertainty looms as fiscal year closes out – Chicago Sun-Times Committee’s ‘tone’ criticized for trying to price the poor out of gun ownership – Center Square Illinois bill would standardize ‘X’ gender marker on IDs – WTVO (Rockford) New bill in Illinois seeks to end ticket-based police evaluations – WTVO (Rockford) Chicago school board votes against helping thousands of Chicago students – Illinois Policy Chicago Cops Did Little to Probe Gun Stolen From Police Station and Used in Three Shootings – Illinois Answers Project Black Chicagoans Weigh In At City’s 1st Reparations Town Hall: ‘This Didn’t Happen That Long Ago’ – Block Club Chicago Guest Column: Illinois Democrats Lost Their Appetite for Columbus: Until He Was Served with Provolone – John Kass News Bullets whiz past camera in shocking video of Humboldt Park shootout; 100+ shots fired, one hurt – CWB Chicago Illinois regulators have little power to stop hospital shutdowns. Lawmakers are stepping in. – WBEZ (Chicago) Chicago teachers want no school on May Day, testing the city’s mayor and school leaders – AP/Yahoo News Illinois economy shows middling Q4 growth amid U.S. economic uncertainty – Illinois Policy CTU wants a day off for students and teachers — for political activism – Illinois Policy Madigan’s high-powered appeals team urges 7th Circuit to overturn speaker’s conviction – Capitol News IL Lawmakers weigh human composting of the dead in Illinois – Axios Former Salesforce office to be filled with residents as River North building becomes apartments – Chicago Sun-Times State education officials present $10.9B budget request to fund public schools – Capitol News IL Gov. JB Pritzker warns Trump will send ICE agents to polling places as he calls on voters to push them aside – Chicago Tribune* Lawmaker pushes sales tax pause on gas as questions cloud ‘fragile’ ceasefire – Center Square Pritzker joins wave calling for 25th Amendment. What that means for Trump – USA Today IL Supreme Court says it can remove Cook Co. judge for pro-Trump column – Legal Newsline State Representative’s Anti-Facial Recognition Technology Bill Is a Threat to Public Safety – Chicago Contrarian Botched Tax Break Paperwork Leaves Cook County Homeowners Hanging – Hoodline Downtown Chicago office vacancy sets another record while top space tightens – Crain’s Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported Gov. JB Pritzker says ‘something genuinely wrong with’ Trump, urges removal from office for ‘national security’ – FOX News AFP-IL’s Brian Costin on Opposing Bears Megaproject Bill – Americans for Prosperity Stretch of Bridgeview designated as Little Palestine in sign unveiling ceremony – CBS2 (Chicago) How Balanced-Budget Requirements Fall Short – Governing Lawmaker calls for department reform supporting Illinois families with disabled children – Center Square Illinois House pushes through bill restricting ICE detention centers in state – Center Square Aldermen bristle over Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson move on pension costs for aides – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo IL House Democrats pass rental junk fee ban, send bill to Pritzker’s desk – WAND (Decatur) Commentary: Mayor Brandon Johnson pins his hopes on Open Meetings Act to oust CHA chief – Chicago Tribune* Answers wanted to ‘pathetic’ state procurement issues – Center Square Retired state employee backs pension buyouts for Chicago police, fire – Illinois Policy Average Single-Family Home Property Tax Bill Rose 3 Percent in 2025 – ATTOM Data Chicago launches monument response project – Axios Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades Wisconsin’s southern border shows what freedom brings – Badger Institute