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Illinois Senate passes $53 billion state budget
WFLD via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThis year's state budget allocates $400 million more than last year's, with $187 million earmarked to help Chicago and Cook County with sheltering and caring for migrants.
120 Chicago public schools could lose after-school programs this summer
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 2 days agoAdvocates say more than 120 Chicago Public Schools stand to lose vital after-school programs this...
CPS selective enrollment bill dead in Springfield after Johnson letter to Senate president
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoFor the second time this spring, Mayor Brandon Johnson intervened to get his way in Springfield,...
Brandon Johnson’s City Hall gives $38.5 million in deals to businesses tied to North Side bar owner,...
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 days agoDuring Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s last year in office, one of her allies, Carmen Rossi, ran afoul of...
$27 million streetscape project will transform Logan Square, officials say
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoWith plans already in the works to resurface Milwaukee Avenue and an adjacent neighborhood square,...
Illinois House breaks at dawn after last-minute drama over $750M tax package
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoSPRINGFIELD — Democratic dominance in the Illinois legislature was put to the test this budget...
Facts Matter: Agent serving papers to Giuliani didn’t first sing to former mayor
Daily Herald· 5 days agoFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was served a notice of indictment last week as a result of...
Welcome to the Pinball Renaissance
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoBack in 2006 when the International Flipper Pinball...’s surge in popularity ended in the ’40s as the games were linked to gambling and organized crime, ...
Letters: State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s draft policy is a positive step forward
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoRecently, Chicago saw forceful rebukes of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s draft policy...
In early morning vote, Illinois House approves $53.1 billion state budget bolstered by $750 million...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois House Democrats early Wednesday approved a $53.1 billion election-year budget that boosts spending by $400 million from what Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed earlier ...