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ComEd, a data center and a big fight over $1 – Crain’s
The largest data center project ever proposed in Illinois is at risk of being scuttled over $1. That’s how much developer PowerHouse Hillwood offered to put up when Commonwealth Edison demanded a financial guarantee of more than half a billion dollars to protect other customers…
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The overlooked tax hike that threatens everyone from Big Tech to small businesses – Crain’s
"Today I’d like to talk about the PPLT. It hasn’t gotten as much attention — maybe because “PPLT” sounds like some technocratic thing you don’t have to care about."
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‘White Guilt’ Comes to New Trier High School. Will Open Minds Follow? – Wirepoints
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a "canary in a coal mine" for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
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Video: JB Pritzker says Trump ‘is trying to rig these elections’ – NBC News
In an interview with Meet the Press, Gov. JB Pritzker says he believes that President Trump is working to make sure that “Democrats really don’t have a chance” in elections across the country just days out from the midterms.
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Missouri’s Map Fight Should Make Illinois Lawmakers Uncomfortable – RealClear Politics
"Democrats have condemned the attempted Republican power grab in Missouri, the way they have all over the country. One of the most prominent critics is the Democratic governor across the Mississippi River, JB Pritzker of Illinois. That’s ironic, to say the least, given what…
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Voters usually decide one or two income or wealth tax measures a year. This midterm season, there are nine – Fortune
This year, there are measures to increase taxes on the rich in California, Colorado, Washington, Massachusetts and Cook County, Illinois. The states voting on taxing the rich also hold a large share of corporate America. California has 56 Fortune 500 headquarters, Illinois 29,…
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Illinois families save $11.4 million during back-to-school sales tax holiday – WQAD (Davenport, IA)
The initiative that reduced the state sales tax on qualifying school supplies, clothing and footwear from 6.25 percent to 1.25 percent marked Illinois' first back-to-school sales tax holiday since 2022, when the state implemented a similar program during Gov. JB Pritzker's…
- Video: JB Pritzker doesn’t rule out 2028 run: ‘It’s all about what’s best for the people of Illinois’ – NBC News/YouTube
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Mass shooting near Illinois Wesleyan University leaves teen dead, 7 hurt – NBC5 (Chicago)
No suspects are in custody, and an investigation remains underway.
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Groups remain alert as DOJ plan swaps armed agents for observers at polls – Center Square
“It is often true that the Department of Justice and federal officials will send observers to different parts of the country. Those observers are the same as other election observers from political parties,” ACLU of Illinois spokesman Ed Yohnka said. “Those things are perfectly…
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Supreme Court appeal may be Madigan’s last shot – Champaign News-Gazette
Jim Dey: "The 84-year-old Madigan has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction. The Chicago Tribune reports that he’s calling for a 'closer examination' of what constitutes a public official acting 'corruptly' and whether an 'alleged promise to make a job…
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4 local results Chicagoans should be watching on election night – The Last Ward
Will Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Teachers Union lose control of Chicago Public Schools? Will Republicans lose their last seat on the Cook County Board? How many votes can an independent candidate for governor pull from JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey? And how will voters…
- Tangle with Springfield forms crux of school board president debate on CPS finances – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo
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BDS is on the ballot in Illinois, sort of – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Statewide, handful of municipalities are voting on measures pushing for the state to scrap its law penalizing companies that boycott Israel. “Illinois, which was really a laboratory for creating anti-BDS state laws years back, inevitably has become a site for backlash,” said…
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Chicago May End Transfer Tax Break in Enterprise Zones to Raise Revenue – QNC News
The zones cover 30 percent of Chicago and were established in 1982 to encourage development in economically depressed areas. Analysis found that about 1,900 commercial and industrial properties sold to new owners within the six Enterprise Zones between 2021 and 2026, on which…
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Chicago Feds Should Recharge Spanish Cobras for Murder of Chicago Cop – Martin Preib’s Crooked City
As feds take over prosecution of Philadelphia police killer, why aren’t feds in Chicago recharging three Spanish Cobras for the execution murder of Officer Clifton Lewis?
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Where Chicago real estate money is going in Tuesday’s election – TheRealDeal/Yahoo News
A few races on next week's ballot could still shape commercial property markets and what happens in Springfield — most notably the historic Chicago Public Schools board races that have drawn big bucks from elite local business and real estate industry leaders.
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Chicago’s Pope Leo XIV Makes History As First Pope To Vote In US Election – Daily Caller
The Vatican confirmed that the 71-year-old Chicago native submitted a mail-in ballot in Illinois ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Vatican stopped short of revealing who got the pope’s vote, but TMZ reported that he has participated in both Democratic and Republican…
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Chicago judge says she was a victim of extortionist who posed as cocaine king Pablo Escobar’s son – Chicago Sun-Times
Cook County Circuit Judge Jeanne Wrenn; attorney Lisa Duarte, a former top aide to Gov. JB Pritzker; and Patricia “Trisha” Rooney, a board member of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; are among the influential women with whom Jawad Fakroune had relationships as he moved…
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Cities fearing Halloween mayhem put teens on notice, announce curfews and crackdowns after violent takeovers – FOX News
In Oak Park, the chief of police wrote that her agency is trying to prevent a Halloween teen takeover like last year's, when an estimated 500 teens swarmed downtown Oak Park, fights and gunshots erupted, and police called in help from six neighboring agencies, according to a…