The Center Square: Pritzker signs BIPA update, 'justice impacted individual' measure, 57 other bills
Dozens of measures impacting employers, education, health care, criminal justice and more are now law after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted 59 bills Friday.
Chicago Tribune: Luxury home or vacant lot? Cook County Assessor misclassifies hundreds of properties, missing $444M in one year alone
Following a nine-month investigation, Illinois Answers and the Tribune found Kaegi’s office missed at least $444 million in value from a combined 620 properties during the 2023 tax year.
Sun-Times: Funding for Red-Line extension doubled in first year in 'game changer' for Far South Side
The Red Line’s makeover, the largest project in CTA history, will largely benefit the South Side, extending the train line 5.6 miles south from 95th Street, the line’s current southern end, to 130th Street.
WTTW: CPD has yet to launch study on how officers are deployed, missing deadline set by Chicago City Council
The Chicago Police Department has yet to launch a new study on whether officers are efficiently and effectively deployed across the city to stop crime and respond to calls for help, even though the Chicago City Council ordered the study to begin more than two months ago.
Daily Herald: Illinois students still struggle with post-pandemic learning loss
A new study from the University of Illinois System says only about one-fourth of all public school students are back to pre-pandemic performance levels in English language arts while even fewer have returned to pre-pandemic levels in math.
Peoria Journal Star: Why did new Peoria playground cost over $1 million? Park district provides explanation
Those costs come out to a grand total of $1.1 million for the new play structure built at Glen Oak Park to replace the wooden tricentennial playground that had occupied the space since 1992.
State Journal Register: Illinois House Speaker's staff continues attempt to unionize
The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, House Speaker Chris Welch’s attorneys write in their motion to dismiss, excludes employees of the Illinois General Assembly from its definition of a “public employee” thus providing them no pathway to unionize.
Capitol News: In months since SCOTUS bribery decision, Madigan-related corruption cases forge ahead
Attorneys on both sides of the federal corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan didn’t agree on much this past month, but they are aligned on one thing: they’re prepared to go to trial on Oct. 8 in Chicago.