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Crain’s | MOVEit cyberattack on Illinois hits 390,000 people:

* SJ-R | New fiscal year begins Saturday. What does that mean for Springfield?: This year’s budget saw state lawmakers work past a self-imposed budgetary deadline and finally moving forward with a product late last month. With $50.6 billion expected in revenues, the state has an approximate $183 million surplus to work with thus opening the door for potential added expenditures.

* ProPublica | Bill to stop student ticketing suffers setback, delaying action to protect families from costly fines: Now, legislators and activists are regrouping with a goal of rewriting the bill and passing it in the next legislative session. They say they are committed to changing state law because not all school districts complied when the Illinois State Board of Education superintendent implored them to stop working with police to issue municipal citations for noncriminal matters — tickets that can lead to fines of up to $750.

* CBS | Former IL Rep. Jim Durkin on his support of assault weapon ban: Former Illinois State Rep. Jim Durkin voted to ban assault weapons in Illinois. Durkin explains to CBS 2’s Brad Edwards why nearly 1 year ago, after the Highland Park mass shooting, he took a stand. “I’m a Republican, I believe in the Second Amendment, but I don’t believe assault weapons have any place within the Second Amendment and the way that our founders created that,” Durkin said.

* Charles Selle | Former state Sen. Link should not collect state pension as a convicted felon: State law requires that lawmakers be stripped of their pension benefits by the General Assembly Retirement System board if they are convicted of crimes committed during their legislative service. But Link has gotten a pass and allowed to keep his more than $7,750-a-month legislative retirement, which includes an annual 3% boost.

* WBEZ | Johnson Administration lays out big picture migrant plan at first of monthly refugee meetings: Top deputies of Johnson’s administration testified before the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, which is trying to turn a new leaf under the new chair, Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th Ward. As the migrant crisis unfolded last summer, the committee didn’t meet for more than a year — despite having a more than $120,000 budget. The committee is now aiming to meet monthly.

* Tribune | Aurora approves plans for new $360 million Hollywood Casino: The development will include a casino with about 900 slot machines and 50 live table games - including a baccarat room and a poker room - a Barstool Sportsbook, a 220-room hotel, a full-service spa, several bars and restaurants, about a 10,000-square-foot event center, and an open, outside entertainment area.

* Tribune | Chicago Board of Ed renews CPD contract for school resource officers, but that doesn’t account for all the police in CPS schools: Active law enforcement officers have been hired as part-time CPS school security officers since at least 2018, according to the district’s contract with Service Employees International Union Local 73. The contract, which expires Friday, stipulates that new part-time security hires must “have the legal authority to effectuate an arrest.”

* Sun-Times | Retired judge accused of bilking Tuskegee Airman asks to be disbarred, citing evidence in the case: Patricia Martin, the former presiding judge of the Juvenile Court’s child protection division, filed a motion with the Supreme Court requesting “that the Court enter an order striking her name from the Roll of Attorneys.”

* WCPO | How some cities are buying medical debt: “Cook County has successfully acquired and erased nearly $80 million in medical debt,” said Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County, IL Board of Commissioners. “We spent only a fraction of that, about 800,000 less than a million dollars, to do it. This will benefit over 72 thousand Cook County families, with many more to come.” Cook County, Illinois, will spend $12 million to eliminate as much as a billion dollars in medical debt for its residents.

* Block Club | 900 Private Security Officers Expected Downtown As City Preps For NASCAR Weekend: Similar to past years, Chicago police will increase patrols Downtown and days off will be cancelled, interim Police Supt. Fred Waller said at a press conference Wednesday. Police will also provide additional resources on the CTA, but Waller did not specify what that will entail.

* Sun-Times | Bubba Wallace throws a block party in Hyde Park to introduce NASCAR to a new audience: NASCAR’s sole Black driver plays the role of ambassador ahead of the Chicago Street Race by bringing a taste of the track to die-hard NASCAR fans and the NASCAR-curious.

* Sun-Times | CPS unveils new process for schools to drop racist namesakes: Chicago Public Schools officials have been working on an updated naming policy for more than two years after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found 30 schools were named for slaveholders.

* AP | Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors: The numbers demonstrate the Food and Drug Administration’s inability to control the tumultuous vaping market more than three years after declaring a crackdown on kid-friendly flavors. Most of the disposable e-cigarettes, which are thrown away after they’re used up, come in sweet and fruity flavors like pink lemonade, gummy bear and watermelon that have made them the favorite tobacco product among teenagers.

* AP | Travelers suffered through another day of cancellations. It could get worse as holiday approaches: Hundreds of thousands of summer travelers suffered through another day of delayed and canceled flights Wednesday, a troubling glimpse into what could happen over the long July 4 holiday weekend as airlines struggle to keep up with surging numbers of passengers. By early evening on the East Coast, nearly 5,800 U.S. flights had been delayed and 1,000 more were canceled, according to FlightAware.

posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 7:37 am

Comments

I watched half the Durkin speech then shut it off.The Highland park shooting was a gut wrenching slaughter.But where was he the past few years when that sort of thing happened almost every week in other parts of the state?RFK Jr asked what has changed.Guns have always been with us.

Comment by bob Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 7:56 am
===RFK Jr asked what has changed.Guns have always been with us===

What does that even mean?

When the Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired September 13, 2004, is there a measure that shows an increase in incidents and deaths?

It’s a rhetorical question.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 8:13 am
For the RFK Question…as I understand it AR weapons were not sold to general public until 1984. After a rise in mass shootings the assault weapons ban was passed in 1994. What I don’t understand is why it is claimed by some groups that we are not supposed to take similar steps now to protect peope

Comment by DTownResident Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 9:26 am
Why doesn’t the state have an IT department who keeps people from running strange software? The IT dept at my company has strict rules and locksdown admin on the machines to implement said rules.

Comment by cermak_rd Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 9:29 am
MOVEit isn’t strange software and it isn’t like what you would use to transfer files from old to new computer at your home. It is designed for separate systems that need to exchange data on an ongoing basis like different operating units in government.

Comment by former southerner Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 9:40 am
“strange software” I agree with former southerner.

MOVEit is not strange software some people got away with installing on their PCs. It was an enterprise wide application used to securely transfer large files.

“MOVEit is a managed file transfer software product produced by Ipswitch, Inc. (now part of Progress Software). MOVEit encrypts files and uses secure File Transfer Protocols to transfer data, as well as providing automation services, analytics and failover options. The software has been used in the healthcare industry by companies such as Rochester Hospital and Medibank, as well as thousands of IT departments in high technology, government, and financial service companies like Zellis.” - Wikipedia

MOVEit is no longer available from DoIT for use by agencies under the Governor as an enterprise wide application.

Comment by Steve Polite Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 10:03 am
Former Judge Patricia Martin’s behavior is particularly heinous as she purposely and knowingly scammed a brave WWII hero whose efforts lead to the Armed forces being desegregated. Once the civil case is decided - she deserves to be tried criminally…

“A retired Cook County judge accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings and retirement money from a former Tuskegee Airman”

Comment by Donnie Elgin Thursday, Jun 29, 23 @ 10:19 am