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f justice injustice watch august 11 2026 one comment since creation of the illinois special prosecution unit in the 1980s the unit has been the primary way criminal cases in illinois are handled when local state s attorneys are disqualified because of conflicts its prosecutors took on more than 1 000 cases in 2024 far more than were pursued through other methods of appointing special prosecutors including referrals to the state attorney general private attorneys or prosecutors from neighboring counties but an injustice watch investigation shows the special prosecution unit has been responsible for miscarriages of justice including withholding evidence and favorable treatment of political insiders as well as conflicts read more new illinois law restricts law firm investors jdjournal august 11 2026 no comments governor jb pritzker signed house bill 5487 on august 10 adding illinois to a growing list of states seeking to preserve lawyers professional independence while addressing the rising role of private equity and other investors in the legal industry read more high taxes vs low taxes which states are winning the population war illinois policy august 11 2026 4 comments over half of illinoisans say they would leave the state if given the opportunity and among those who would leave nearly 69 cited high taxes as one of their top two reasons many illinoisans already have one foot out the door as state leaders continue to rack up taxes and increase economic strain on families and businesses from july 1 2024 to july 1 2025 40 000 residents left illinois for other states read more pritzker bailey tracy address agricultural issues center square august 10 2026 11 comments read more as chicago s mayoral race takes shape social media influencers step in including for brandon johnson chicago tribune august 10 2026 one comment for all candidates it s a largely unregulated space that opens the door to overly fawning coverage or even misinformation social media platforms do little to help viewers distinguish a campaign s unpaid supporters from its paid contractors and some politicians have turned to influencers to get their message out without facing the scrutiny and pesky questions provided by more traditional news outlets read more few parents in illinois opting kids out of required vaccines data shows ipm news august 10 2026 one comment read more firms linked to 2 men convicted of corruption have gotten campaign business from jb pritzker and the ctu chicago sun times august 10 2026 2 comments read more father of woman killed by illegal alien warns badger state voters don t let wisconsin become illinois the federalist august 10 2026 one comment i m not trying to tell anybody how to vote but i ve seen this play before he said of illinois far left democrat gov jb pritzker and fellow leftists that control the state s legislature here s the thing what they ve said in the past is going to be your best judge of what s going to happen in the future read more pjm s big new data center plan make the states figure it out capitol news il august 10 2026 no comments pjm interconnection the biggest grid operator in the u s has finally settled on a plan to prevent data centers from causing other customers utility bills to soar further in its 13 state territory that includes most of northern illinois that plan relies heavily on states themselves and the utilities they regulate to force data centers to secure their own power supplies or face the possibility of getting their power cut off during grid emergencies read more pritzker and trump go after big oil for their own political purposes korea times august 10 2026 3 comments by this logic pritzker and trump also would be demanding any company that raked it in during covid there were many return its profits to the public ergo letters should have been sent to amazon microsoft and zoom to name three examples of companies who thrived in that health crisis public companies of course aren t in the habit of returning their profits to the public which would not go down well with their shareholders and neither pritzker nor trump mention the government s share the state of illinois currently adds 65 3 cents per gallon while the feds take 18 4 read more electronic monitoring system is broken and needs legislative fix state s attorney says cwb chicago august 10 2026 5 comments eileen burke i m going to be asking you and everybody you know and everybody who s listening to this to please reach out to your legislators and tell them that you do not believe that violent criminals should be on electronic monitoring read more firms linked to 2 men convicted of public corruption have gotten campaign business from jb pritzker and the ctu illinois answers project august 10 2026 2 comments the firms tied to former ald isaac ike carothers and former blagojevich administration official bamani obadele have gotten campaign business from gov jb pritzker and in the hotly contested race for chicago school board president read more pritzker s bid for a third term would be barred in 37 states illinois policy august 10 2026 4 comments term limits for governors take different forms in the u s nine have lifetime caps virginia prohibits consecutive terms and 27 states allow governors who reach their limits to return only after spending a prescribed period out of office read more gov pritzker signs law allowing 100 000 illinois rideshare drivers to unionize wqrf yahoo august 9 2026 6 comments read more load more top chicago stories bears president and ceo kevin warren says hammond indiana is team s sole focus for new stadium project wgn august 13 2026 no comments read more data centers are popping up everywhere in chicago here s where and why they re controversial block club chicago august 12 2026 one comment read more mayor johnson calls for a halt to new data centers in chicago crain s august 12 2026 one comment johnson signed an executive order directing his administration to tighten oversight of existing and proposed data centers and write new regulations within 90 days but a moratorium on new construction and major expansions which johnson said should remain in place until those rules are finished would require city council approval read more nonprofit ceo appealed to mayor brandon johnson over city anti violence grant records show chicago tribune yahoo august 12 2026 2 comments a politically connected nonprofit at the center of a dispute with mayor brandon johnson s health department appealed to the mayor while competitively bidding for millions in city anti violence funding records show the political ties between acclivus and johnson have raised concerns from some good government experts given the close involvement of johnson s senior adviser jason lee who waded into the flap over the nonprofit s 2026 grant size and an audit into its data reporting practices this year read more the machine never left chicago it just started doing violence prevention nicole patrice august 11 2026 one comment one nonprofit two mayors a sitting governor 117 million who s watching the money read more more highlighted chicago area stories controversy over loop data center pitched for landmarked office building chicago sun times august 13 2026 no comments a chicago investor s plan to convert part of a landmarked loop office building into a data center received its first city approval last week a move chicago s leading preservationist group called a dangerous precedent read more mike quigley says he s willing to risk the job to save the city if elected mayor chicago sun times august 13 2026 no comments what the mayor has to do is to say to our union partners we re not gonna take away your pension but it will fail quigley said you call the unions in and tell them i want you to come to this meeting and i want the word yes in your vocabulary if we don t make some honest trade offs including how much people pay in when they start collecting then a slight blip in the economy could jeopardize their retirement checks altogether read more cta board approves slate of social service outreach efforts focused on violence intervention homelessness wttw august 12 2026 3 comments the chicago transit authority s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare as well as new crisis and community violence intervention programs calling the approvals a historic moment acting cta president nora leerhsen said the agency is positioning itself as a national leader on alternative interventions directors approved pilot programs with four different nonprofits for a total of 9 million read more as chicago rethinks its monuments an artist surrounds george washington with other washingtons cnn august 12 2026 5 comments who is worthy of a monument that question circulated across the united states six years ago as the country reckoned with racial injustice in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd including who is represented by or excluded from our public symbols chicago has offered its own answer to commission new monuments or respond to existing ones based on internal research that found the city had gaps in representation of gender read more kim foxx s top deputy must explain controversial cwb chicago august 12 2026 2 comments the woman who served as kim foxx s top assistant in the cook county state s attorney s office must sit for an under oath deposition to explain why her office decided not to object to people convicted of murder receiving certificates of innocence even though foxx personally believed some of the recipients were guilty read more the housing affordability crisis in chicago is really a public safety crisis chicago contrarian august 12 2026 7 comments politicians keep talking about affordability but they refuse to talk about the reason so much affordable housing has become undesirable read more paul vallas chicago s twin financial crisis chicago contrarian august 11 2026 one comment the city and cps crises are inseparable and both threaten to worsen the city s financial situation the pathway to surviving runs through the ctu read more city treasurer proposes abolishing 57m catalyst fund to avert midyear layoffs chicago sun times august 10 2026 2 comments the fund was included in then mayor rahm emanuel s 2017 budget as a way to bridge the funding gap between downtown and the rest of the city but the fund never generated a penny of outside investments read more ralph martire cps budget challenges springfield to pay up chicago sun times august 10 2026 7 comments when it passed the funding formula called for the state to fully fund it within 10 years which would be this year but that hasn t happened in fact the aggregate shortfall in k 12 funding has increased each of the last three years and currently sits at 4 2 billion that means most illinois school districts including cps still don t have the resources needed to fund those educational practices the research shows work read more chicago taps fitch senior director as new cfo amid rash of exits crain s august 10 2026 5 comments chicago is hiring ashlee gabrysch a senior director at fitch ratings as its next chief financial officer according to a person familiar with the matter her appointment comes amid a series of high profile exits from mayor brandon johnson s administration this year it follows acting cfo steven mahr s recent departure from the role after about six months mahr had taken the position following the departure of predecessor jill jaworski in early 2026 the city s budget director also recently left read more cook county moves to end decades old tax buying practice crain s august 10 2026 3 comments by 2030 tax buying will be eliminated and cook county expects to hold all liens for overdue property taxes this way the county will be able to offer payment plans longer payback periods and reduced interest rates gov jb pritzker signed the bill last month read more activists file police reports alleging crimes by federal agents in chicago during operation midway blitz cbs chicago august 10 2026 no comments a group of activists and elected officials filed reports with the chicago police department on monday alleging crimes committed by federal agents during operation midway blitz last fall read more evanston weighs vacancy tax retail incubator to combat downtown commercial vacancies evanston roundtable august 10 2026 3 comments but in cook county owners of vacant buildings can apply for tax relief and receive up to an 80 break on property taxes that relief is intended to provide assistance to property owners who experience an unintended vacancy to help them get back on their feet read more 3 time convicted burglar arrested 3 times while on ankle monitor accused of south loop break in cwb chicago august 9 2026 4 comments read more bally s alters construction on permanent chicago casino amid dispute with city over video gambling abc chicago august 9 2026 4 comments read more editorial brandon johnson s city hall can t find anyone willing to collect debt on the city s behalf chicago tribune yahoo news august 9 2026 7 comments mayor brandon johnson s administration has informed aldermen that a proposed sale of outstanding debts owed to the city of chicago which was supposed to net 90 million in this year s budget is garnering no interest from banks or other financial services firms the apparent failure of the debt sale looks like it will blow a hole in the current year s budget that will need to be addressed although the size of that shortfall is yet to be determined read more mayor brandon johnson s top aide intervenes in city dispute with antiviolence group chicago tribune august 9 2026 2 comments the clash unfolded after the chicago department of public health s 2025 review into the recipients of its community violence interruption grants found issues with collecting data from acclivus inc it followed health commissioner dr olusimbo ige s complaints that the organization sought to circumvent the city s required contracting and payment protocols before she was pushed out of the administration read more ice threatens criminal charges against cook county sheriff tom dart for not turning over inmates chicago sun times august 7 2026 5 comments read more nbc 5 investigates data shows costly cps program fails to make the grade nbc chicago august 7 2026 11 comments as part of the sustainable schools program a local school contracts with a community non profit to provide the services but nbc 5 investigates found there are few guardrails and no concrete ways to measure the success of the program read more armed robbery crew fires shot at witness during hour long spree cpd reports say cwb chicago august 6 2026 18 comments an armed robbery crew carried out a string of holdups and carjackings across humboldt park west town and nearby neighborhoods wednesday morning firing a shot when a witness tried to follow them 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