Chicago aldermen fail to repeal Lightfoot’s $80-million speed camera policy
Chicago aldermen fail to repeal Lightfoot’s $80-million speed camera policy
Chicago aldermen lacked the votes to repeal Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s lower speed camera ticketing threshold responsible for nearly $80 million in fines.
By Patrick Andriesen
Report: Illinois likely to see high public pension debt go higher
Report: Illinois likely to see high public pension debt go higher
Forecasts predict Illinois public pension debt will grow despite the funds having one of their best investment years ever in 2021.
By Dylan Sharkey
Chicago speed cameras ticket 3.8 million drivers since Lightfoot cut limits
Chicago speed cameras ticket 3.8 million drivers since Lightfoot cut limits
Chicago’s speed cameras issued 3.8 million tickets since Mayor Lori Lightfoot lowered the threshold before a citation is written. That is like everyone in Chicago getting 1.4 tickets in 16 months.
By Patrick Andriesen
Lightfoot policy change could quadruple Chicago property tax hike in 2023
Lightfoot policy change could quadruple Chicago property tax hike in 2023
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to tie property taxes to inflation in 2020 is coming back to bite taxpayers.
By Dylan Sharkey
Vanessa Ortiz
Vanessa Ortiz
“The city needs to just find another way to raise money besides nickel-and-diming safe drivers.”
1M Chicago speed camera tickets fail to stop record traffic deaths
1M Chicago speed camera tickets fail to stop record traffic deaths
Chicago reported more traffic deaths in the first six months of 2022 than in any year since 2017, despite speed cameras issuing over 1 million tickets – as many tickets as Chicago has households. Two-thirds of the fines were for speeding 6-10 mph.
By Patrick Andriesen
US jobs report beats June estimate, but Illinois at greater risk if recession hits
US jobs report beats June estimate, but Illinois at greater risk if recession hits
Illinois is one of the states with the most to gain from the continued national jobs recovery, but could be hit harder than other states by a recession.
By Bryce Hill
Fact check: Pritzker claims fiscal responsibility but report shows ‘fiscal cliff’
Fact check: Pritzker claims fiscal responsibility but report shows ‘fiscal cliff’
A new report shows Illinois is likely to face financial challenges when the federal stimulus money propping up its current budget runs out. That reality is very different than the Pritzker campaign claims about fiscal responsibility.
By Justin Carlson
Contempt citation No. 12: DCFS forces girl to wait 170 days in mental hospital
Contempt citation No. 12: DCFS forces girl to wait 170 days in mental hospital
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith faces his 12th contempt of court order of 2022. In the latest, the judge ruled Smith failed to place a 15-year-old girl in proper housing for 170 days, leaving her in a mental hospital.
By Dylan Sharkey