SAFE-T ACT The suspect in the November 17 CTA Blue Line attack, in which a victim was doused with gasoline and set on fire, is a person who had previously…

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TAXES Chicago homeowners are being walloped with a record property tax hike, with some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods absorbing the steepest increases even as downtown office owners see their…

BUDGET State Representatives Amy Elik and Regan Deering held a press conference Thursday to call out Governor JB Pritzker for his political posturing. In September, Governor Pritzker directed his agencies…

MASS TRANSIT It was déjà vu all over again at the Capitol this week, with Illinois Democrats passing more tax hikes in the early morning hours of the final day…

VETO SESSION Last month, Governor JB Pritzker issued an Executive Order calling for 4% across-the-board budget cuts in response to projected deficit spending. But let’s be clear, he didn’t need…

CORRUPTION The longtime head of the Illinois Democratic Party reported on Monday to FPC Morgantown, a minimum-security federal prison camp in northern West Virginia, to begin his 7.5-year federal prison…

VETO SESSION In a couple of weeks, the Illinois General Assembly will return to Springfield to convene for the annual two-week Veto Session. The session is scheduled for October 14-16…

CRIME The Verdict Is In: SAFE-T Act Is Not Working Two Years Later When Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the SAFE-T Act into law in February 2021, supporters claimed it would…

CORRUPTION Michael J. Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House and longtime chair of the Illinois Democratic Party, has been convicted of a series of federal criminal offenses that…