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Public officials from neighborhoods heavily hit by the COVID-era crime wave are beginning to urge constituents to dump Chief Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy Evans in next week’s election. It’s unclear how widespread the move is to vote no on retaining Evans as a judge. Like all judges, Evans has to face voters every 10 years to keep his job—and under law, he needs the support of 60% of those voting on the matter to keep his job.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Another 79 year old judge who refuses to retire to let young folk take charge.