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Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller * This app has been tested, but I don’t know if it’ll withstand our traffic. We’ll use it for results, etc. through the night as long as it holds up…
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Isabel’s afternoon roundup (Updated x2)
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 - Posted by Isabel Miller …Adding… Chicago Board of Elections…
…Adding… Chicago Board of Elections…
* WBEZ…
* Tribune…
Click here to read the lawsuit. * Not good news… ![]() * I really need to go sometime…
* From the Illinois Times publisher regarding Lee Milner…
The IT is at 1240 S. Sixth St. in Springfield. * Here’s the rest…
* Daily Herald | School, library, sales tax requests to be decided in Tuesday’s election: Central Unit District 301 is asking voters’ permission to borrow $195 million to build a new, larger high school in Burlington. The district says the 33-year-old high school isn’t big enough for expected enrollment increases, as the City of Elgin continues to approve new housing developments. * Block Club | Social Justice Groups Appeal City’s Decision To Block Democratic National Convention Protests: Chicago officials argue they don’t have the staffing to monitor the protests, but a police official couldn’t say exactly how many officers they’d need. The groups want to protest closer to the United Center. * Block Club | Jayden Perkins, 11, Was Heralded Dancer Who Saved Life Of Pregnant Mom In Attack That Killed Him: Jayden, 11, attended the dance school, 5230 N. Clark St., on a full merit scholarship, studied about a dozen styles, from hip-hop to ballet, and had once caught the eye of show-runners for a role as young Michael Jackson, Giordano said. He also played football and was set to star in his upcoming school play. He had a knack for math and sent letters to his teachers. * WCIA | Urbana City Council passes ceasefire resolution unanimously: At Monday’s meeting, over 50 people showed up to observe the vote after it was added to their posted agenda. The public comment section of the meeting ran for more than two hours. After Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin announced the resolution passed unanimously, the supporters erupted with cheers and applause. * Lake County News-Sun | Highland Park councilman announces resignation date due to liquor license dispute; open to staying ‘if the legislation changes’: Hoobler promised to bring fresh ideas and an independent voice to city government, according to a news release he issued. His resignation will take effect on April 30. “It has been an honor to serve the voters of Highland Park, and I will continue to fight to make our city the gem of the North Shore as it once was,” he wrote on his councilman Facebook page. “Unfortunately, at this time, my lawyers have advised me to take this next step.” * Daily Herald | Solar farm proposal near Hawthorn Woods faces stiff opposition from residents, village: Renewable Properties LLC, applying as RPIL Solar 3 LLC, is seeking a conditional use permit to build a ground-mounted solar facility at 25428 N. Fairfield Road. The facility itself would occupy about 23 acres and have 11,544 solar panels. Opposition in advance of a public hearing before the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals has been widespread and united. Emails have been circulating, homeowner groups have been meeting and the village board at a special meeting this past week unanimously approved a resolution objecting to the project. * Telegraph | ‘Fascinating’ documents uncovered during Madison County Circuit Clerk’s Office digitization: Circuit Clerk Tom McRae said he initiated the project more than a year ago to help streamline the process of court record searches and storage within the office. While completing the project, that included scanning more than 9 million documents, numerous historic records were discovered. […] One such record is that of Arshag Garbadian, who applied for U.S. citizenship 1919. The document sheds a great deal of light on Garbadian’s journey to become a naturalized citizen who eventually lived in Granite City. * Daily Herald | Homeowners suing Mount Prospect factory operator over odors: The homeowners, who say they represent all owners or occupants of residential property within a one-mile radius of Prestige, have complained for years about a burned cheese smell and noise coming from the factory. The suit seeks undisclosed compensatory damages and costs, including attorney’s fees. * Crain’s | Governors State University lands largest-ever donation: Curtis Crawford, CEO of XCEO, an executive leadership consulting firm in California, donated $2 million to Governors State University, marking the largest donation in the school’s history. […] The public university, which is among the lowest-funded universities in Illinois, says the new college, established in 2023, will be “the most rigorous program” for honors students in the state. Part of the donation will go toward adding dorm space for honors students, the school said. * WBEZ | How to see ‘Chicagohenge’ on Tuesday: This Tuesday, March 19, isn’t just Primary Day in Illinois — it’s also the best day to experience the phenomenon known as “Chicagohenge.” Reset checks in with the Adler Planetarium for what you need to know about Chicagohenge, where best to see the spectacle and whether it can really be considered a “henge” at all. * Crain’s | Of big U.S. cities, Chicago has held onto housing affordability the best over the years: As the chart shows, RealtyHop found that while it’s harder to afford homes all over the country, the affordability factor in 2022 in Chicago was the least changed from 1970. […] To be sure, it’s gotten harder to afford a home in the Chicago area in the past five decades — about 33% harder. But compare that to Los Angeles, where it’s gotten 245% harder in the same period. In Philadelphia, Miami and Boston, affording a home in 2022 was more than twice as hard as in 1970. * Reuters | UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023: The U.N. weather agency said in its annual State of the Global Climate report that average temperatures hit the highest level in 174 years of record-keeping by a clear margin, reaching 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. * CNN | Radicalized by the right: Elon Musk puts his conspiratorial thinking on display for the world to see: In the contentious interview, Musk equated moderating dangerous and appalling hate speech to “censorship,” bashed the press for legitimate reporting, assailed DEI programs without supporting evidence, skewered advertisers who fled the X platform last year and yet again gave credence to the racist Great Replacement theory, among other things. * 25 News Now | Local mining companies represented in Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s top 16 coolest products made in Illinois: Among them are the Caterpillar D11 Dozer and mining trucks made by Komatsu - both made locally. You can cast your vote here. Voting is open until March 24 to determine the top 8. Top 4 voting ends March 31. * KFVS | 99th anniversary of devastating Tri-State Tornado: The Tri-State Tornado is still known as the most devastating tornado to ever hit the United States. In Jackson County Illinois, March 18 is a day of remembrance. “Here in Jackson County there were over 300 individuals that perished that day,” Scott Johnson said.
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Isabel’s mid-day news roundup (Updated)
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 - Posted by Isabel Miller ![]() Click here for the Sun-Times and WBEZ’s live coverage of today’s primary elections. From their story about those above tweets…
* More Election Day coverage…
* WBEZ | It’s in the hands of voters now, as they cast Illinois primary ballots in a slew of pivotal races: After months of shaking hands, stuffing mailboxes and flooding the airwaves with ads, scores of political candidates across Illinois will hand their fates to the voters in hopes of advancing to November’s general election. But most of the local-level electoral drama will be resolved tonight in many of the contests around deep-blue Chicago, where a Democratic nomination usually signals smooth campaign sailing into the fall. That’s also the case for many Republican-leaning areas of the state, where a GOP primary win can suggest a candidate is as good as elected. * Center Square | State Senate race omitted from vote-by-mail ballots in Will County: Samantha Gasca is a candidate in the Republican primary for the 19th Senate District. A voter in the district approached Gasca and told her there was no race on her vote-by-mail ballot. “This could have been a plain mistake, but at the same time these mistakes are made in contested Republican races and when it happens to Democrats, they do a voter recall,” Gasca told The Center Square. “They’ll stop the race.” * AP | Illinois voters to decide competitive US House primaries around the state: In southern Illinois, Republican Rep. Mike Bost faces only his second intraparty challenge in seeking his sixth term in Congress. Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, the unsuccessful 2022 GOP nominee for governor, is hoping to unseat the 63-year-old incumbent. * KSDK | US Rep. Mike Bost says a Bailey upset would be ‘bizarre’: “I’m gonna act like (Bailey) may (pull off the upset), and we’re gonna keep working through it,” Bost said during his ‘Road to Victory Tour’ on Monday afternoon. “My main goal is to make sure that the votes come out.” Several other power players in the right wing political arena have supported Bost over Bailey, too, including the National Rifle Association, the National Federation of Independent Business, Speaker Mike Johnson, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and U.S. Reps. Elise Stefanik, Jim Jordan and Byron Donalds. * Patch | Khalil and Ryan Battle For Open Seat In 36th District: Primary 2024: After representing the 36th District for the last 14 years, Rep. Kelly Burke announced last year that she would not be seeking another term after recovering from colon cancer. During her tenure in the state legislature, Burke was elected mayor of Evergreen Park in 2021 and served both roles. Neither candidate has broad name recognition in the district. Ryan is an attorney with a private practice in Oak Lawn, and Khalil has served as the administrative services coordinator for the City of Markham. * Very wholesome… ![]() …Adding… Chicago Board of Elections…
* Chicago City Council’s Progressive Caucus finally weighed in… * More…
* Capitol News Illinois | Illinois high court asked to review law limiting venue in constitutional challenges: The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to decide on the constitutionality of a new state law that says constitutional challenges to state laws and actions can only be filed in Cook or Sangamon counties. Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office on Monday filed an appeal directly to the Supreme Court after a Madison County judge last week ruled that the law violated the due process rights of one plaintiff in a lawsuit in that jurisdiction. * AFSCME Council 31 | We oppose Gov. Pritzker’s plan to demolish Stateville, Logan prisons: Closing the facilities for an extended period would all too likely disrupt and potentially destabilize the prison system. What’s more, doing so would bring upheaval to the lives of affected employees and individuals in custody. The state corrections agency did not seek or consider the input of frontline employees or the union in the development of this plan. * Capitol News Illinois | Pritzker executive order creates advisory council for affordable sickle cell treatment: In December, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease. They cost between $2 million and $3 million dollars per patient. Pritzker said Illinois Medicaid covers over 50 percent of patients with sickle cell disease. “The cost of treatment – over $2 million – leaves it inaccessible,” he said. * SJ-R | Ahead of primary in Illinois, Trump renews war of words with Pritzker: Both Biden and Trump have reached the necessary number of delegates to clinch their party’s respective nomination, which will be made official at the party conventions in Milwaukee from July 15-18 for the Republicans and in Chicago from Aug. 19-22 for the Democrats. * SJ-R | Repeal of state grocery tax could cost city of Springfield millions: Officials from the Office of Budget and Management estimate the city of Springfield would lose about $3.8 million in revenue for the year if Gov. JB Pritzker’s call to repeal the Illinois grocery sales tax is successful. Mayor Misty Buscher said she wished some sort of “sunset clause” would have been implemented. As it stands now, the 1% tax could permanently be removed by July 1, if approved by the general assembly. * Rockford Register Star | These 3 items top Rockford’s wish list as it renews lobbyist contract: Seeking pension relief, restoration of state funding and fewer unfunded mandates, Rockford on Monday agreed to renew its contract with lobbyist Michael Cassidy of Zephyr Government Strategies. The contract approved unanimously by City Council will pay Cassidy $10,000 per month or $120,000 in 2024. Cassidy has served as the city’s lobbyist since 2009. * Crain’s | Proposed Realtor settlement could mean big changes for home buying and selling: There’s at least some general consensus among real estate industry experts that buyers and sellers of homes will still pay Realtors, but the period in which 5%-to-6% commissions paid by sellers and split between the two agents seems to be on its way out. * Sun-Times Editorial Board | As Bally’s troubles mount, City Hall has to make sure casino is a winning bet: Bally’s cash problems are serious enough for the company to form a special committee last week to evaluate a $15-a-share buyout offer from New York hedge fund Standard General. But two years ago, Bally’s stock was being offered at $33 a share, and a buyout bid at that price was rejected by the gamer — which should raise alarms about the direction in which the company is heading and its ability to build the Chicago casino as promised. * Bloomberg | ‘No California, no Chicago’ on this restaurateur’s menu: And yet, since opening the first Carbone in New York in 2013, Zalaznick and his partners, chefs Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi, seem to have defied the odds, Allen said. They’ve transformed their pricey take on mid-century Italian-American cuisine into a global operation. * AP | Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants: A one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely prevents Texas from enforcing a sweeping state immigration enforcement law that had been set to take effect this month. The language of the order strongly suggests the court will take additional action, but it is unclear when. It marks the second time Alito has extended a pause on the law, known as Senate Bill 4, which the Justice Department has argued would step on the federal government’s immigration powers. Monday’s order extending the stay came a few minutes after a 5 p.m. deadline the court had set for itself, creating momentary confusion about the measure’s status. * WSIL | Phones, Internet Restoring Across Southern Illinois: hone and internet services are starting to come back online across portions of southern Illinois. The WSIL News 3 station’s phone and internet services were restored just before 5:30 p.m. Other agencies and area businesses have said their services were restored as well. * Tribune | With more funding rolling in and planning underway, a redesign of Chicago Union Station is moving forward: The project is expected to include overhauling the concourse to improve the way passengers move through the area, renovating and expanding station platforms — including those on the south concourse used primarily by Metra’s BNSF line — and bringing platforms into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. * WGN | Lollapalooza 2024 official lineup released: This year’s headliners include SZA, Tyler The Creator, Blink-182, The Killers, Future, Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez and Skrillex. Other acts include Deftones, Tate McRae, Laufey, Conan Gray, Reneé Rapp, Lizzy McAlpine, Fisher, Labrinth — among many more. * IMA | Voters Narrow Field to Top 16 Coolest Products Made in Illinois: More than 200 unique products from across the state were nominated for the 2024 title of The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois. After two weeks of voting, the field has been narrowed to the Top 16. The top four vote-getters from the initial round of voting are the BoulePro 200AX manufactured by USACH in Elgin; Mullen’s Imitation French Dressing made by Mullen’s in Palestine; P15 Tamper Evident Cap and Spout for Flexible Pouch Packaging manufactured by Hoffer Plastics Corporation in South Elgin; and the Gindo’s Hot Sauce made by Gindo’s Spice of Life in St. Charles.
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