Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Note to readers re: Ukraine Schools won’t be downgraded for ‘chronic absenteeism’ – WGNTV (Chicago) Johnson Blasts State Lawmakers’ Focus on Bears Proposal as ‘Mismatch’ With What People ‘Are Most Concerned About’ – WTTW (Chicago) City Council committee backs banning sweepstakes machines over Mayor Johnson’s objections – Chicago Sun-Times Illinois lawmakers debating competing proposals on AI liability in catastrophes – CBS2 (Chicago) House GOP says Dems ignoring ‘realistic’ property tax relief plans – Center Square What to know about Mayor Johnson’s Hail Mary to keep Bears in Chicago – ABC7 (Chicago) Department of Employment Security faces questions about fraud recoveries – Center Square Senator Dick Durbin discusses Senate developments in Normal – WMBD (Peoria) Under oath, Kim Foxx says she believed exonerated men were guilty in ‘heinous’ Bucktown murders – CWB Chicago Cook County Landlords Have Filed For More Than 40,000 Evictions Since 2022 – Block Club Chicago Former Ald. George Cardenas forms exploratory committee to run for mayor – Chicago Sun-Times Shootings, Homicides in Chicago Up This Year as They Continue to Outpace Last Year’s Historic Lows – WTTW (Chicago) Illinois AI regulations have mild industry support, could draw federal ire – Center Square Unfair policies shut kids out of extracurriculars – Illinois Policy Chicago’s new inspector general faces dicey job – Axios Video gaming terminal burglaries becoming huge cost to Oak Lawn and other suburbs, police say – Daily Southtown* Harmeet Dhillon on investigating Illinois schools for parental rights violations – FOX News Property tax relief ‘negligible’ for homeowners in Bears stadium bill that passed Illinois House – Chicago Sun-Times Renters seeking relief as rent spikes across Chicago adds to rising costs – CBS2 (Chicago) Chicago mayor to lobby state lawmakers to preserve $12M in potential lost revenue – FOX32 (Chicago) 3 dead, 8 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings – CBS2 (Chicago) Glock can’t appeal judge’s greenlighting of Chicago’s ‘switches’ suit: Judge – Legal Newsline DOJ seeking Illinois voter data to purge suspected noncitizens, documents suggest – Capitol News IL May Day protests across Illinois link labor, immigration rights and anti-war calls – Capitol News IL Wirepoints Home Supreme Court declines hearing Chicago gun sales case – Center Square Chicago loses 2,100 restaurant jobs as industry fights mandated wage hikes – Center Square Illinois diversity commission says businesses aren’t cooperating – Center Square A review of Pritzker scandals – Illinois Policy Column: Anti-Israel movement showing signs of life in Illinois Legislature – Champaign News-Gazette ComEd files to recover $234 million in added costs – Chicago Tribune* DHS scorches Pritzker’s ‘sanctuary’ state after child rapist on ICE detainer released in Chicago – FOX News Ald. Silvana Tabares: Chicagoans deserve transparency from the Cook County courts – Chicago Tribune* When judges release dangerous criminals, there are ways for prosecutors to fight back. In Cook County, that almost never happens. – CWB Chicago Black Chicagoans call on reparations from government, money deposits like ‘stimulus’ checks – FOX News Attorney General says he ‘intentionally avoided politicizing’ the Swedish Hospital shooting. Other officials just went silent. – CWB Chicago New Illinois auditor general Chris Meister takes office as report faults his former agency for audit failures – Chicago Tribune* State Sen. Andrew Chesney: The cost of toxic tax policy in Illinois – Rockford Register Star/MSN Five years in, key parts of Illinois police reform law still not fully implemented – Hyde Park Herald Ghosts of stadiums past haunt Chicago Bears quest for a new stadium deal – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Gov. Pritzker’s affordable housing plan tests his relationship with local leaders – Chicago Sun-Times Thousands Take To Chicago Streets For May Day Demonstrations – Block Club Chicago Illinois in line for $148.8M opioid settlement payout from Purdue Pharma – WBEZ (Chicago) Trump DOJ investigating ‘gender ideology’ in 3 dozen Illinois school districts – Capitol News IL Illinois lawmaker warns medical records bill could delay care – Center Square Walgreens closing Chatham store at 86th and Cottage Grove due to violence, theft – CBS2 (Chicago) Panel looks to sell Evanston’s zero emissions rule – Evanston Now CPS students and teachers mark civic day of action as thousands march in solidarity with workers – WBEZ (Chicago) Paul Vallas: Chicago’s Long Ignored Food and Water Crisis – Chicago Contrarian