Wirepoints https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Two of ComEd Four released. New trial pending – Center Square Wirepoints Home Bill advances to prevent local governments from clearing homeless camps – Center Square Report: Chicago property taxes rise 182% in 30 years – Chicago Agent Magazine 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 Chicago’s Anti-Tourism Hotel Tax – City Journal 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 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 IL bill requiring insurance coverage for preventative heart scans heads to Senate – WAND (Decatur) 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 7th Circuit orders release, new trial for two ‘ComEd Four’ defendants – Capitol News IL 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) Proposed changes to state’s school accountability system face pushback – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Teen boy killed, girl hurt in bus stop shooting near YMCA on Chicago’s South Side, police say – FOX32 (Chicago) 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 Push to slow increase of Chicago’s subminimum wage fails – Chicago Sun-Times After 7 Years, CPD Now in Full Compliance With 25% of Consent Decree: Monitors – WTTW (Chicago) Chicago suit vs oil cos. may yet survive SCOTUS ruling, judge hints – Center Square March mass layoffs hit Cook County hardest – Illinois Policy Civics Teacher and CTU member Froylan Jimenez: Why I choose to teach in CPS on May Day – Chicago Tribune* 2 found dead in Chicago home identified as widow, son of late Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer – FOX32 (Chicago) Poll finds support, warning signs for Pritzker’s BUILD plan – Capitol News IL Chicago’s surging rents dent its cheap big city image – Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg* Illinois Supreme Court amends rules to combat unmet legal needs across state – WCIA (Champaign) Editorial: Before adding new rules on homelessness, let’s enforce the ones we have – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: John Deere Quietly Choosing Indiana and North Carolina Over Illinois, Springfield Moving to Mandate Homeless Encampments in Suburban Parks Residential conversions gain steam with sale of two downtown office buildings — plus another deal in the works – Crain’s Opinion: Illinois risks raising health care costs on employers, workers by expanding 340B – Crain’s CPD Superintendent Snelling pushes back on call to probe rising use-of-force incidents – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo IL Senate unanimously passes bill protecting domestic violence survivors from digital harassment – WAND (Decatur) Hyde Park neighbors set up “parent takeover” to try to halt expected teen takeover – CBS2 (Chicago) Chicago’s May Day Madness – Chicago Contrarian GOP candidate Bailey urges Trump to apologize to pope; bishop calls for dialogue – Center Square ‘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