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Isabel’s morning briefing

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023 - Posted by Isabel Miller

* ICYMI: Chicago is elimiating submininmum wage for tipped workers. Summary of a Tribune story

    - The new law will shrink the gap between tipped and minimum wages by 8% each year until 2028.
    - The legislation passed 36-19.
    - Restaurant owners worry about the impact of high labor costs.

* Related stories…

* Isabel’s top picks…

    * Capitol News Illinois | Nurses unions push for mandatory staff-to-patient ratios: The proposed Safe Patient Limits Act, by Sen. Celina Villanueva and Rep. Theresa Mah, both Chicago Democrats, was introduced in February and was the subject of a joint hearing last week in Chicago by two House committees. It’s an issue that has been discussed in the General Assembly since 2019 but has thus far failed to gain the necessary traction for passage. The latest hearing came just three weeks before lawmakers return to the Capitol for their fall veto session, which begins Oct. 24.

    * Melissa Conyears-Ervin | I was a victim of domestic violence. Other victims should know they aren’t alone: Two days later, my mother and I filed a petition for an emergency order of protection in Coles County Circuit Court, which was granted and remained in effect until early January 1998. I ultimately decided not to proceed with a plenary order. I believed, as so many women do, that the system would protect him and not me. Since then, I’ve never stopped looking over my shoulder or fearing he would follow through on his threats.

    * Tribune | Chicago spent at least $3.5 million for NASCAR weekend and got $620,000 in return: The $3.5 million figure stands in contrast to the $620,000 NASCAR paid the city to transform streets surrounding Grant Park into a 12-turn, 2.2-mile racetrack. NASCAR paid a base $500,000 permit fee to the Chicago Park District in April and in late September cut a final check for the 2023 race for nearly $120,000 to pay the city its portion of ticket sales as well as commissions for food, beverage and merchandise, according to city records.

* Illinois Republicans supporting Ron DeSantis for president announced their statewide delegate slate. Illinois will have 64 delegates, including Sen. Sue Rezin and Awake Illinois founder Shannon Adcock. Click here for the full release.

* Here’s the rest of your morning roundup…

       

5 Comments
  1. - JS Mill - Tuesday, Oct 10, 23 @ 8:31 am:

    =many municipalities use the tax dollars to augment their budgets, utilizing the money to pay for administrative and police salaries. Meanwhile, millions more are spent with no officially reported purpose at all=

    These municipalities are legally stealing funding from schools and other taxing bodies and shock of all shocks (heavy snark) they are miss using them.

    TIF is only exceeded bu FOIA as the most abused law on the books.


  2. - Appears - Tuesday, Oct 10, 23 @ 8:32 am:

    The Quincy City Council plans to discuss making Quincy a Right to Life city and ban not only abortion by provider, but any abortion products from any source (mail, Walmart, Amazon, etc.). They are hoping that if the State of IL sues, one of the Right to Life groups funds the court cost. This is being pushed without a full consensus of the citizens, but by a very vocal subset.


  3. - TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Oct 10, 23 @ 9:24 am:

    “Are millions of dollars in TIF spending compliant with state law?:”

    Rule of Headlines.

    No.

    Not that long ago, under the old mayor of plainfield TIF money was used to buy road salt for the whole village. The village forgot to buy road salt for the year and had to suddenly scramble to buy it for much higher prices in late fall.

    Listening to the justification for it, was hilarious.

    “Well, some of that salt will be used on roads in the TIF district.”

    TIF was broken then, and it is broken today.


  4. - JoanP - Tuesday, Oct 10, 23 @ 10:04 am:

    = Chicago spent at least $3.5 million for NASCAR weekend and got $620,000 in return =

    I am not happy that it’s coming back next year.


  5. - Chicago 20 - Tuesday, Oct 10, 23 @ 3:03 pm:

    = Chicago spent at least $3.5 million for NASCAR weekend and got $620,000 in return =

    Has Choose Chicago ever got anything right?


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