Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Chicago’s New Zoning Chair on Top Priorities, Megaprojects: ‘Chicago Is Open for Business’ – WTTW (Chicago) Wirepoints Home Column: IN teens join dangerous street ‘takeovers’ in Chicago – Northwest Indiana Times Return on investment questioned as Chicago Red Line construction begins – Center Square Illinois Rep faces investigation over sexual harassment – Center Square Statewide data shows McLean County detains defendants awaiting trial at higher rates – WGLT (NPR at ISU) Guest Commentary: Chicago’s Middle-Class Families Are Leaving – A 2027 Mayoral Accountability Call – Chicago Contrarian Chicago leads U.S. cities with the most residents in financial distress – When In Your State Jonathan Turley: Chicago schools reward protest while students can’t read – FOX News Pritzker’s affordable housing plan gets Senate hearing as municipalities remain opposed – Capitol News IL Pritzker: ‘Need for speed’ for megaprojects bill with tax breaks – Center Square Paul Vallas: In police misconduct mess, trial lawyers holding Chicago taxpayers hostage – Illinois Policy Union seeks to charge Illinois State University with criminal offense for bringing in alleged “strikebreakers” – FOX News Illinois’ number of high school grads to plunge 32%. Lawmakers still want more college money. – Illinois Policy 250 Lunchroom workers block Downtown street in protest as contract talks with CPS stall – WBEZ (Chicago) Chicago doubles down on unaffordable housing – A City That Works Millionaire tax amendment fails to gain enough support from House Democrats – Capitol News IL CPS Outlines Plans for May Day Classes, Field Trips to Labor Rally – WTTW (Chicago) Editorial: The reasons for Chicagoland’s rent surge aren’t mysterious. It’s a supply problem. – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo ‘Plaintiffs’ lawyer paradise:’ IL lawsuit-friendly courts jack up costs, report says – Legal Newsline Commentary: Illinois’ megaprojects bill should go no further. The effects would ripple beyond the Bears. – Chicago Tribune* Harvard’s Board Chair, Obama Official Penny Pritzker, Has a New Podcast—Sponsored by Harvard’s Audit Firm – Free Beacon CPS parents deliver legal letter over May Day agreement as Chicago Board of Education meets – ABC7 (Chicago) DHS wants millions more from taxpayers after federal SNAP changes – Center Square Ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s chief operating officer is at the center of City Hall intern, contracting scandal – Chicago Sun-Times Lunchroom workers plan to block traffic as contract talks with CPS stall – Chicago Sun-Times Homer Glen officials unite against ‘one-size-fits-all’ state affordable housing proposal – Daily Southtown* Pritzker bans insider trading by state employees, faces hypocrisy claims – Center Square Lawmakers eye water use transparency requirements for data centers – Capitol News IL Illinois House approves megaprojects bill, but the Bears want changes – Capitol News IL CPD’s Increasing Use of Force Requires a ‘Full-Scale Review’: Illinois Attorney General – WTTW (Chicago) House approves redistricting amendment, fearing federal Voting Rights Act will be eliminated – Capitol News IL Illinois House approves latest proposal to help Chicago Bears build stadium in Arlington Heights – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Chicago Ald. Lopez says police are ‘handcuffed’ from stopping teen takeovers under Mayor Brandon Johnson – FOX News Willie Wilson: Proposed millionaire tax is an effort to keep up with the blue state Joneses – Chicago Tribune* Rich Miller: Game plan for Bears stadium bill still in play – Chicago Sun-Times 16-year-old charged with murder had been arrested three times for guns, prosecutors say – CWB Chicago City corporation counsel: Chicago’s legal challenges require systemic change, not a quick fix – Chicago Tribune* Video shows car explosion amid alleged ‘takeover’ on Chicago’s South Side – ABC7 (Chicago) “Civic Action Requires More Than Textbooks”: Chicago to Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers – Jonathan Turley Chicago mayor links restaurant industry to ‘slavery’ as tipped wage fight intensifies – FOX News It’s Not Just People Moving to Texas – Wall Street Journal Illinois ‘millionaire’s tax’ proposal faces political barriers and a tight deadline – Crain’s Lawmakers sweeten pot to keep Bears in Illinois, with stadium bill linked to statewide property tax relief – Chicago Sun-Times Illinois House passes school pension bill – WIFR (Rockford) 60 dead people found on Illinois jury panel, triggering constitutional challenge – Daily Gazette (Sterling)/Yahoo Draft Law in Springfield Would Make Homeless Encampments Impossible to Eliminate in Chicago Parks – Chicago Contrarian Illinois AG moves to block Trump administration voter eligibility executive order – WAND (Decatur) Et Tu, Illinois? Prairie State Moves to Rewrite Redistricting As All Eyes Are on Virginia – RedState Editorial: The millionaire’s tax will tempt many Illinoisans. Here’s why it is a terrible idea as written. – Chicago Tribune*