Center Square: Migrant funding top of mind ahead of Pritzker’s budget address
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will announce his proposed budget Wednesday, and some are seeking drastic changes on how the state handles migrants.
Sun-Times: Pritzker's budget to include plan to erase $1 billion in medical debt
Following Cook County’s lead, Gov. J.B. Pritzker will propose investing $10 million of federal funds in his budget to erase more than $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents.
Chicago Tribune: White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf to meet with legislative leaders in Springfield over stadium proposal
The scheduled meeting comes as the White Sox and developers push to bring a new ballpark to the vacant site known as “The 78” at Clark Street and Roosevelt Road.
Fox News: Crime in Chicago is bad. What’s happening with its schools is criminal
According to analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute, taxpayers save over $12,000 per scholarship issued through Invest In Kids.
Center Square: Audit reveals COVID grant dollars given to ineligible Illinois applicants
The Business Interruption Grant Program was to provide $585 million for small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, but an audit done by the Office of the Auditor General shows $11 million was paid to applicants who weren’t eligible under state law.
NBC 5: Chicago Public Schools' effort to remove school resource officers drew pushback from aldermen in private briefings
Newly obtained internal briefings reveal the pushback the district and board received from aldermen and other lawmakers in closed-door meetings to discuss the plan, which would take what was once a Local School Council decision and make it a districtwide policy.
WCIA: Comptroller discloses state spending on asylum seekers through website
The Illinois Office of the Comptroller’s website now features a portal that shows spending related to the state’s influx of asylum seekers.
Daily Herald: Candidates forum Feb. 22 for Kane County hopefuls
The League of Women Voters of the Aurora Area, Central Kane County and Elgin Area will co-host a hybrid forum at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 22, for candidates in the March primary election.