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City preparing to ‘right-size’ migrant shelters due to budget constraints

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), chair of the City Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said Deputy Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told him late last month of the city’s plan to, as she put it, “right-size” the migrant shelter system without offering details.

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Pritzker urges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop migrant dropoffs amid winter storm: ‘I plead with you for mercy’

With Chicago temperatures expected to dip to dangerous lows, Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants migrant dropoffs from Texas to stop.

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Illinois lands $14.9M federal grant to expand electric vehicle charging network

The 273 new charging spots statewide add onto Illinois’ current network of 1,249 public stations.

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Illinois lawmakers quietly scaled back a popular tax credit; now a former governor wants it back

More than 11 million Illinois taxpayers who claim the standard exemption each year will not see an inflation-indexed bump for the 2023 tax year.

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Donald Trump didn’t sign loyalty oath for Illinois ballot that pledges not to ‘advocate the overthrow of the government’

In 2016 and 2020, before the Jan. 6 insurrection, Trump did sign the no-longer mandatory oath. “Why wouldn’t he sign it?” says ex-U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who was on the House Jan. 6 select committee.

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Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy challenged in Illinois for 2024 elections

Five people working with a voting rights organization filed an objection, making Illinois the 18th state challenging Donald Trump over his ties to the 2021 insurrection.

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Youth justice expert Heidi Mueller will head up embattled Illinois DCFS

Heidi Mueller, who has served as director of the Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice since 2016, was selected after a national search. She will take the reins of the scandal-plagued agency beginning February 1.

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Here’s a resolution for you

Even if you don’t need to diet or exercise more, there’s still an important resolution you can make for 2024.

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Big money, big problems. Deep-pocketed, self-funding candidates and dark money mar Illinois politics

Primary meddling, dark money and self-funding loopholes help skew Illinois politics to favor moneyed candidates. But there are also solutions — like fighting big money with public funding of campaigns.

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The fight over public utility rate hikes in Illinois is far from over

Organized labor and the business community are demanding far more robust infrastructure spending, while the governor’s people point to very real cost considerations for consumers.

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Illinois NAACP president apologizes after likening migrants to ‘savages,’ rapists, burglars

Teresa Haley apologized Thursday, two days after comments she made surfaced in a video from a recent conference call of NAACP leaders.

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Shelved Brighton Park migrant camp cost city nearly $1 million

State environmental regulators determined there were too many harmful metals and other toxic substances detected on the property for it to safely house asylum-seekers.

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Illinois Halts Construction of Migrant Shelter Due to High Levels of Arsenic, Lead and Mercury

Chicago is now considering new plans to house migrants after the state shuttered its proposed 2,000-person shelter

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Google releases new renderings of planned Thompson Center makeover

The renovation would keep the atrium and have a more transparent facade and a new plaza. But we need to see more, architecture critic Lee Bey writes.

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ICC must continue with aggressive oversight of public utilities

ComEd and Ameren are asking us to pay more to get less. As the state transitions to clean energy, the Illinois Commerce Commission should right-size electric utilities’ spending and limit the financial impact on customers.

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Vacant Catholic schools, even churches, could be used to house migrants

With all the Catholic school and parish consolidations, these buildings could be retrofitted for migrants, a suburban reader writes.

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library expands in Illinois to provide all kids under age 5 with free books

In June, Pritzker first announced the partnership after allocating $1.6 million of this year’s budget to fund the program throughout Illinois.

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Gov. Pritzker took the right step by ending city’s Brighton Park migrant tent plan

The plan was slapdash and slipshod from the start. Clearly, it’s a bad idea to house migrants, including children, on contaminated land.

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Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has canceled plans to build a temporary winter camp for migrants in Chicago, citing the risk of contaminants at the former industrial site

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Pritzker tells Chicago to fold its tents — governor rejects toxic migrant shelter site in Brighton Park

The decision follows the city of Chicago’s release of an environmental report Friday that showed the location at 38th and California required metals and chemicals cleanup.

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Illinois halts construction of Chicago winter migrant camp while it reviews soil testing at site

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has halted construction of a temporary winter camp for migrants in Chicago while the state reviews the removal of soil contaminants at the former industrial site

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Brighton Park migrant site construction halted pending environmental review

Construction was halted Sunday pending an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency review of a nearly 800-page city consultant’s study that was released Friday night.

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What defines Pritzker-Johnson relationship so far? Tension

Don’t be fooled by the mayor’s winning smile and soaring, preacher’s son rhetoric, nor by the governor’s make-nice statements from the podium. There is real frustration and tension behind the scenes on both sides.

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Amid city delays, state pitching in additional $2M to feed migrants

Another $2 million will be matched by the Chicago Food Depository, which has already been providing meals to migrants since June, in partnership with 15 minority-owned restaurants in Chicago.

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Illinois Small Businesses Can Receive Up To $30,000 In Grants Through NewBiz Back To Business Program

Governor Pritzker announces $25 million fund to support small businesses launched during the pandemic.

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