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The Center Square: Amid frigid temperatures, plans to warm unhoused migrants in Chicago criticized
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the state is spending more taxpayer money to keep non-citizen arrivals comfortable during the winter months, but some say their plan is inhumane.
Chicago and other regions of Illinois have seen about 20,000 non-citizens arrive from the southern border over the past 13 months and have faced financial issues in caring for them.
Chicago Sun-Times: Noise cameras would help ticket downtown drivers with loud mufflers under proposed city ordinance
Chicago may soon deploy automated cameras to ticket drivers with loud mufflers.
Under a proposed ordinance, cameras equipped with microphones would be placed in the downtown area so tickets could be sent to violators, possibly as soon at the New Year.
Chicago Tribune: State lawmakers propose new Chicago school board map days ahead of return to Springfield
Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled their latest attempt at drawing districts for an elected school board in Chicago, a little more than a year before voters first cast ballots for the body and days before the legislature reconvenes in Springfield for its final scheduled session of the year.
The new map represents the legislature’s third attempt at crafting boundaries for 20 districts, each of which will eventually elect a representative to the board that oversees Chicago Public Schools. The shift to an elected board, which was approved in 2021 and takes full effect after elections in 2026, also includes a board president elected citywide.