Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html After 7 Years, CPD Now in Full Compliance With 25% of Consent Decree: Monitors – WTTW (Chicago) Wirepoints Home Illinois lawmakers grill diversity commission over lack of progress – Center Square CPS restores disability support funding in Catholic schools – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Brandon Johnson calls Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral record ‘disqualifying’ for a possible presidential contender – Chicago Sun-Times Pritzker wants Bears legislation to move faster; tax questions loom large – Center Square First chunk of new transit money to be spent on security, service for CTA, Metra and Pace – Chicago Sun-Times Watchdog finds Chicago owed $8.1 billion in uncollected debt, but can’t calculate all the money it’s due – CBS2 (Chicago) Illinois leaders sweat over tight budget; GOP wants more cuts – Center Square House approves Pritzker initiative to regulate social media algorithms – Capitol News IL Latin American history, pet custody bills advance in Springfield ahead of deadline – Capitol News IL Man who ‘tried to set an entire train car on fire’ is ‘not a good candidate’ for electronic monitoring, judge rules – CWB Chicago The Obama Presidential Center Is Finally Here. Prepare to Pay Up. – Wall Street Journal 3D printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in Cairo? – Capitol News IL Polls are clear: Voters want donated education money – Illinois Policy Illinois posted slow job growth last year – Illinois Policy New task force aggressively prosecuting CTA crimes with hopes to prevent future ones: O’Neill Burke – ABC7 (Chicago) Illinois Wagering Volume Continues To Be Notably Down – In Game Bill advances to prevent local governments from clearing homeless camps – Center Square IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court To Preserve Temporary Protected Status For Haitians And Syrians – RiverBender (Alton) Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline received record number of calls in 2025 – CBS2 (Chicago) City Council chooses Ald. Villegas as Zoning chair in latest blow to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson – Chicago Sun-Times Illinois loses 18k jobs in February, unemployment rises to 5% – WCIA (Champaign) Chicago Pension Buyout Proposal Shifts Debt, Fails to Address Broader Fiscal Woes – Chicago Today Cook County judge to consider sanctions against plaintiffs in sexual assault lawsuit involving Dolton, Thornton Township – Daily Southtown/Yahoo Witzburg Ends Her Term as Chicago’s Inspector General With a Flurry of Reports — And Warnings – WTTW (Chicago) Illinois could limit how local governments treat homeless people on the streets – Yahoo News/WBHF Gov. JB Pritzker pumped $10 million into Juliana Stratton’s Senate primary win through outside PAC – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Gov. JB Pritzker’s ambitious housing plan for Illinois: More four-flats, looser rules – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo IL House Democrats pass plan requiring K-12 Latin American history – WAND (Decatur) Chicago mayor warns of ‘teen trend’ after takeover chaos, violence concerns grow – FOX News Feds move to block controversial Illinois credit card swipe fee ban, siding with banks in ongoing legal fight – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Chicago leaders push Meta for stronger action on teen gatherings – FOX32 (Chicago) 9 more Chicago cops busted in PPP loan fraud probe, inspector general says – CWB Chicago Feds refuse to grant Mayor Brandon Johnson ally waiver to take over Chicago Housing Authority – Chicago Tribune* Catalytic converters stolen off more than 30 school buses in Chicago – NBC5 (Chicago) Rahm Emanuel proposes betting and prediction markets tax, defends CPS reforms as he mulls presidential bid – Chicago Sun-Times Column: Legal migration of “wealth” issue of growing importance – Champaign News-Gazette Wisconsin sheriff sues Skokie woman who allegedly made up ICE detention, enjoyed spa day in ‘hoax’ compared to Jussie Smollett – FOX News Chicago IG Witzberg’s last report reveals city employees drinking on job, falsifying work hours – ABC7 (Chicago) Teen boy killed, girl hurt in bus stop shooting near YMCA on Chicago’s South Side, police say – FOX32 (Chicago) Report: Chicago property taxes rise 182% in 30 years – Chicago Agent Magazine Chicago’s Anti-Tourism Hotel Tax – City Journal Push to slow increase of Chicago’s subminimum wage fails – Chicago Sun-Times IL bill requiring insurance coverage for preventative heart scans heads to Senate – WAND (Decatur) Amid artificial intelligence explosion, lawmakers debate best path to regulate – Capitol News IL Chicago moves to buy Greyhound station, but key alderman demands more details – Chicago Tribune* Soon-to-shutter Trinity Christian College campus up for sale – Chicago Sun-Times ‘Credit card chaos’? Financial institutions bet big on repeal of first-of-its-kind Illinois law – Capitol News IL City of Chicago Employees Owe $19.5 Million in Fines, Half of Whom Refuse to Pay – Chicago Contrarian