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* WBEZ | The fine print of Illinois’ ban on book bans: “When a book is placed in a library, it doesn’t stay there forever,” said Cynthia Robinson, executive director of the Illinois Library Association. “There’s a process called ‘weeding.’ ”Librarians are “weeding” collections when they assess, for example, whether a title has been checked out in the last five years or whether the information contained within is still accurate. That process will continue, and it’s conceivable that works some find offensive could be weeded out this way. The difference under the new law is libraries cannot remove items because of political or religious disagreements if they want to maintain access to state grant funding.

* Sun-Times | Mulling run for Congress, farmer Bailey sows seeds for support from indicted Trump: ‘It’s an honor to stand with this man’: “What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason!” Bailey wrote on Wednesday. “We must elect and support men and women who will stand firm in their beliefs and not waiver! [sic]” Badly beaten by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker in the general election last year, 54.9% to 42.3%, Bailey is once again cozying up to Trump as he considers a run for Congress against Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, whose 12th Congressional District encompasses GOP-friendly territories in southern Illinois.

* Sun-Times | Mayor Johnson approves $10 million payment to extend ShotSpotter deal he vowed to end — aide blames automatic signature: A top mayoral aide said Johnson’s signature was unwittingly attached to a document authorizing the payment, which covered a contract extension that was approved by Lori Lightfoot.

* Capitol News Illinois | Legislative watchdog Michael McCuskey sees job as educational opportunity: After 15 months as Illinois’ Legislative Inspector General, Judge Michael McCuskey is moving to Springfield. Since he first assumed the role in February 2022 – several months after the high-profile resignation of his predecessor – McCuskey has commuted to his Capitol Complex office from his Peoria home. Now, after he was nearly unanimously approved to a full five-year term in the final weeks of the General Assembly’s spring session, he’s hoping to move at the end of the month.

* Tribune | Michael Acevedo sentenced to 1 month in prison in tax fraud case stemming from Madigan probe: Along with the month of prison time, U.S. District Judge John Kness sentenced Acevedo to a year of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution totaling $137,647, with $120,640 going to the Internal Revenue Service and $17,007 to the state.

* Sun-Times | Businessman accused of bribing lawmakers was ‘getting bang for his buck,’ prosecutor says with case poised to go to jury: The lawyers made their comments Wednesday amid closing arguments that lasted more than two hours but did not conclude before Weiss’ trial wrapped for the day. So a prosecutor is expected to give a brief rebuttal when the trial resumes Thursday. Then the jury of five men and seven women will begin considering the evidence heard across five days of trial.

* Center Square | Pritzker says he will veto bill that gives Ameren right of first refusal to build transmission lines:
Gov. J.B. Pritzker was asked this week if he plans to veto the measure when it arrives on his desk and what happens next. “Yes I do,” Pritzker said. “It will be, I’m sure, taken up or considered in November so there is a lot of time this summer.”

* Tribune | Second round of interviews complete in search for next CPD superintendent: Anthony Driver Jr., president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, said this week that he’s “a billion percent” confident that the commission will “meet or exceed” its July 14 deadline to send three finalists to Mayor Brandon Johnson.

* WAND | Behind the scenes: Illinois Capitol renovations moving along steadily: The Architect of the Capitol brought political reporters through the construction zone Wednesday afternoon to show the latest work done on the North end of the building, including the Illinois Senate chamber on the third floor.

* Sun-Times | Here’s a new way for Illinois to put more money into our colleges and universities: ‘Evidence-based funding’ is working for our K-12 schools. For public higher education, it could provide a permanent solution to our underfunding crisis, starting with colleges and universities that serve those with the greatest need.

* Tribune | Tinley Park hopes to boost brewery business on Wednesdays with Ale Trail Trolley: Officials said the Wednesday night Tinley Park Ale Trail Trolley runs do not constitute a bar crawl. Rather, they are a way to promote businesses.

* Block Club | Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich Set To Lead Mass For LGBTQ+ Catholics This Weekend: The Mass, organized by LGBTQ+ Catholic group AGLO Chicago, will take place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 708 W. Belmont Ave. at 7 p.m. followed by a reception at the parish’s Casey Hall. The reception will be from 8:15-9:30 p.m.

* Tribune | Park District permits Riot Fest amid protester pushback against ‘mega fest’ music festivals: The festival faced heavy backlash last year as community members led a movement to evict big-ticket festivals from the park. Two other large music festivals held in the park last summer have since moved to other venues.

posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 7:32 am

Comments

1. ==Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich Set To Lead Mass For LGBTQ+ Catholics This Weekend:==

   Maybe the good Bishop in Springfield could take note of this instead of continually preaching hate towards this group

   Comment by Demoralized Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 8:13 am

2. Should’ve bought the dip on Shotspotter lol.

   Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 8:40 am

3. –Maybe the good Bishop in Springfield could take note–

   He is. Punishments will be handed out accordingly.

   Comment by TheInvisibleMan Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 8:50 am

4. It is great to see Archbishop Cupich lead the mass for our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters. Grace and peace to everyone involved.

   Comment by froganon Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 8:52 am

5. “What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason!” Bailey wrote on Wednesday.
   Any legal reason.

   Comment by Bogey Golfer Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 9:01 am

6. “Aide blames automatic signature”

   Welp.

   Comment by lake county democrat Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 9:06 am

7. What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason”

   Then I suggest one should obey subpoenas and also to not keep the Pentagon’s plan to invade Iran in your bathroom.

   Comment by G'Kar Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 9:42 am

8. =What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason!” Bailey wrote on Wednesday=

   What Bailey and others fail to grasp is that anyone who believes this is already with you. For the rest of us it simply shows that you’re completely detached from reality and incapable of being honest.

   Comment by Pundent Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 10:06 am

9. “What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone”

   People get arrested or indicted every day, yes. But if they happen to be minorities living in cities, Bailey and his party run anti-crime campaigns against them.

   Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 10:20 am

10. RIOT FEST

    Comment by PP Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 10:24 am

11. Bailey will fit right in with Boebert and Green in the coocoo caucus.

    Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 10:37 am

12. Re: Sin-Times article:

    It’s an honor to stand with this man,”

    said the ordained minister who runs a school claiming to teach Christianity to young children. “Boasting of raping women, taking children from their parents without consent or court order, threatening ethnic minorities, denying women do I ion over their own lives, and stealing top secret military plans to invade and conquer Iran are just a few of the literal words of our god that we teach children to accept in our religious school.”

    Comment by H-W Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:03 am

13. ===What Bailey and others fail to grasp is that anyone who believes this is already with you===

    Nope. He’s running in a primary against a popular incumbent.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:08 am

14. Bailey’s mantra of Faith, Family, and Farming is a contrast to his “fanboy adulation” of former President Trump. Can Bailey justify his rabid devotion to the former president’s conduct in his pre and post presidential life?

    Legal cases and the recent indictment in Florida…yet Bailey’s mug is front and center in any photo opportunity..

    Bailey’s sycophancy is an embarrassment to the state of Illinois.

    Comment by Rudy’s teeth Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:16 am

15. ==What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason==

    Everyone is supposed to be equally subject to the law. Most of us don’t take classified documents and try to hide them from the feds.

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:19 am

16. =He’s running in a primary against a popular incumbent.=

    I get that aspect of it. Not that it matters to him, but what’s good for Bailey isn’t necessarily in the best interest of the ILGOP. That is unless they’re content with being a rural minority party.
    Now if I start hearing the same nonsense from Don Tracy I’ll have my answer.

    Comment by Pundent Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:50 am

17. ===but what’s good for Bailey isn’t necessarily in the best interest of the ILGOP===

    Considering that Bost has the same exact public views, I’m not seeing your point.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 11:52 am

18. Tell me the Mayor Johnson amateur hour screw ups with Jr. High school excuses is just beginners luck . . . . . . .

    Comment by Um, No Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 12:14 pm

19. Re: Bost v. Bailey

    Perhaps we should just let Mary decide. That could save a lot of time, talents, tithes and prayers.

    Comment by H-W Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 12:32 pm

20. That piece on the LIG wasn’t written by McCuskey’s Mother, believe it or not

    In it, he claims not to have heard any complaints. However, on these pages last week, Speaker Welch claimed McCuskey “cleared” Jonathan Carroll.

    Which is it? And do we have any faith he will deliver what no other LIG could?

    Comment by About McCuskey Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 1:18 pm

21. == He’s running in a primary against a popular incumbent. ==

    Yep. Bost pretty much has a lock on that seat with his voters. It’s an uphill battle for Bailey, and he’s going to have to do some contortions to convince voters he would be better representing them than Bost currently is. I don’t see that happening.

    Comment by RNUG Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 1:20 pm

22. As far as Shot Spotter goes, it appears to have been of some use here in Springfield. It is expensive. Don’t know about Chicago’s experience with it. For it to be somewhat effective, you have to have personnel that can be immediately dispatched … something I’m under the impression Chicago is incapable of doing.

    Comment by RNUG Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 1:31 pm

23. As a professor and sociologist, I am not sure I can agree with Dan Montgomery’s thesis that evidence-based funding is a solution to crises in higher education.

    Creating goals and tying them to wage increases for faculty is not necessarily going to result in pay raises going to faculty should goals be achieved. At best, university administrators will be responsible for determining where additional funds will be allocated, with Board approval following the recommendations of Presidents. At most, faculty incentives will be significantly watered-down.

    In addition, pursuing bureaucratic goals rarely enhances the r quality of education being delivered. Such goals only assure the goals are pursued. As we have already seen, higher admission rates benefit U of I and IL State, who have the economies of scale to do do without changing much.

    As to qualify of instruction and depth of learning, EBF has never caused changes in outcomes - only measurement strategies.

    Comment by H-W Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 2:04 pm

24. ==What President Trump went through yesterday could happen to anyone [sic] of us for any reason==

    Actually, it is apparent that the feds have a very loose house on who can take confidential documents home. However, the other people who did that very same thing actually upon being contacted to return the docs, returned them. Only one, apparently, refused and tried to pull off some half-baked, amateur spy-time evasion tactic.

    Comment by cermak_rd Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 2:27 pm

25. ===claims not to have heard any complaints. However===

    He said he hadn’t been handed any public corruption complaints.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 2:55 pm

26. “Considering that Bost has the same exact public views, I’m not seeing your point.”

    Bost doesn’t thump the Bible like Bailey does though.

    Comment by btowntruth from forgottonia Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 4:44 pm

27. ===Bost doesn’t thump the Bible like Bailey===

    Give it time. lol

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 15, 23 @ 4:49 pm

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