Jim Dey: "While Republicans feud among themselves in their zeal to keep losing elections, Illinois Democrats keep moving further left, piling one tax increase on top of another to fund expanded social ...

The City of Chicago has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Flock, which allows CPD officers to log in to Flock Safety’s portal and gain access to data being shared by surrounding communities.

"I cannot control the behavior of individuals on a public sidewalk or street," small business owner Emily Young said. "I cannot prevent every instance of loitering, public drinking, or criminal ...

The Finance Department strategy includes 13 new tax auditors brought on to find delinquent entities, like large corporations, and bringing that missing revenue back into the city. Last month, the city ...

A massive T5 data center is being built on 473 acres of land. While the village is touting an estimated $18 billion in private investment, people who live around the land said it was approved without ...

Mailee Smith, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "Illinois could soon be ground zero for government-mandated arbitrators dictating provisions in private school union contracts. That could include ...

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Jim Dey: "The Legislative Black Caucus has announced it will tolerate no major changes in the law. Gov. JB Pritzker, who is running for his third term, has embraced only undefined 'tweaks' in the law.

State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer introduced a bill Friday that would put regulatory control in the hands of county officials. Davidsmeyer’s bill specifically allows counties to pass ordinances establishing ...

Flock cameras in Chicago are privately owned — landlords, businesses, etc. — through subscriptions that cost thousands of dollars each year. The camera owner decides whether the data can be shared ...

Retired Chief of Police Tom Weitzel: "Every chief I know supports more funding for mental-health response. I certainly did in Riverside. ... The problem is not that the DSA wants those things. The ...

JB Pritzker entered office as Illinois was already struggling with outmigration. He identified reversing it as a goal in his 2019 economic plan. Nearly eight years later, that has not happened.