Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wirepoints Home ‘Toll-Free in ’73’? Illinois tolls cost drivers $27 billion since then – Illinois Policy Matteson restaurant owner’s viral message on teen takeovers gets supportive response from parents – NBC5 (Chicago) Editorial: Another public pension boost is last thing Illinois needs – Champaign News-Gazette Illinois could limit how local governments treat homeless people on the streets – Yahoo News/WBHF Gov. JB Pritzker’s ambitious housing plan for Illinois: More four-flats, looser rules – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Chicago Archdiocese says CPS cut funding for students with disabilities – WGNTV (Chicago) Trump admin moves Great Lakes Asian carp project from Illinois, Pritzker claims a ‘political stunt’ – FOX32 (Chicago) Chicago’s Anti-Tourism Hotel Tax – City Journal 1 dead, 25 injured in Chicago weekend shootings – CBS2 (Chicago) State Rep. Brandun Schweizer reacts to Gov JB Pritzker’s comments on property taxes – Commercial-News (Danville)/Yahoo Protesters Wield Sex Toys Outside ICE Facility In Broadview For ‘Operation Dildo Blitz’ – Block Club Chicago Illinois bill would mandate infant allergy coverage, with unclear cost impact – Center Square Mapped: Where Wealth Is Moving in America – Visual Capitalist SB 3138: The Mental Health Industry’s Latest Power Grab – Illinois Family Inst. Another day of learning lost – Eric Allie for Illinois Policy Illinoisans to pay for other’s abortion services under proposed grant program – Center Square Wisconsin sheriff sues Skokie woman for defamation over claims of immigration detention – CBS2 (Chicago) New Illinois bill targets large online platforms with digital advertising tax – WTVO (Rockford) IL House unanimously passes utility bill transparency plan – WAND (Decatur) ‘Painful to watch’: Several colleges in central Illinois have closed – State Journal-Register (Springfield) Report: Chicago property taxes rise 182% in 30 years – Chicago Agent Magazine Chicago refused to pay Bucktown woman when rusty light pole snapped, damaged her car – CBS2 (Chicago) Column: Sued for rights violation, Illinois justices say they answer to nobody – Champaign News-Gazette May Day: Chicago could be home to nation’s only major school shutdown May 1 – The Last Ward Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker’s abortion fund proposal – 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* 5.4 Million People Have Migrated To Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 As The Great Divorce Continues – Issues & Insights Aldermen bristle over Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson move on pension costs for aides – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo CPS Board calls on Gov. Pritzker to reject federal program that funds private school tuition – Chicago Sun-Times Chicago teachers want no school on May Day, testing the city’s mayor and school leaders – AP/Yahoo News 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 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 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 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 Commentary: Mayor Brandon Johnson pins his hopes on Open Meetings Act to oust CHA chief – Chicago Tribune*