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The Center Square: Illinois announces cost control measures for ballooning taxpayer-subsidized noncitizen health care
Rules for how Illinois taxpayers will subsidize the ballooning costs of health care for noncitizen migrants in the state are now on the books after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a Medicaid omnibus bill Friday.
In 2020, former state Rep. Delila Ramirez, D-Chicago, included in the annual budget Medicaid benefits for migrant seniors over the age of 65. She estimated the benefit then would affect fewer than 900 people and estimated a $1.8 million cost to taxpayers.
Chicago Tribune: Chicago migrant arrivals: Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to resettle asylum-seekers from shelters, but it won’t be immediate
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is turning its focus to resettling asylum-seekers amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis that’s seen thousands of new arrivals since last August.
As it looks to eventually find more permanent solutions than the police station lobbies and large congregate shelters that have housed migrants in recent months, the city is preparing to seek proposals for a community-based model that could also cut down on current high costs of contractual shelter staff, Johnson deputy chief of staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told the Tribune.
Chicago Sun-Times: Are guaranteed-income programs working?
When Jailyn Brown was selected to join a pilot program that gives cash to people struggling to make ends meet, the 23-year-old could hardly get enough hours at the retail store in Chicago where she worked to cover her expenses.
Less than six months into the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot, Brown found a job as a teacher’s assistant at a daycare center on the North Side that’s paying her $1 less an hour than her retail job. But now she knows she’ll have a full-time consistent weekly schedule.
Chalkbeat: Chicago parents, advocates call for transparency in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board picks
A group of Chicago parents and advocacy organizations are urging the mayor’s office to keep the public better informed about upcoming appointments to the city’s Board of Education.
In a Wednesday letter, the advocates, who are primarily focused on education and disability justice, asked the mayor’s office to do an open call for members, increase transparency around the qualifications for selection, and outline the administration’s goals for the composition of the school board. Along with the letter, the group also asked to meet with the mayor.
CBS Chicago: Mass shooting during Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook leaves 1 dead, 22 hurt
Police are investigating after one person was killed and 22 others were hurt in a mass shooting in southwest suburban Willowbrook early Sunday morning.
The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. during a Juneteenth celebration among teens and young adults.