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* NBC Chicago | Here are some of the new Illinois laws hitting the books in coming months: Among the new bills are laws allowing residents legal recourse if they are the victim of “deep-fake” sexual material, while another will impact the way medical facilities can attempt to obtain funds from patients via the collections process.
* Sun-Times | Residents decry ‘audacity’ of proposed $402 million Peoples Gas rate hike: Speakers at a public meeting at UIC tell Peoples Gas executives that the cost of living is already high and a rate hike would add to households’ financial pressure.
* Capitol Connection | State strikes deal with labor unions, state workers to get raise: The deal also included some new rules around hiring that are meant to streamline the process, and the governor’s office says there are also some streamlined disciplinary processes.
* Sun-Times | Appeals court revives Potawatomi lawsuit over alleged ‘rigged’ casino selection in Waukegan: A temporary casino has been up and running in the north suburb since February, but an appellate court ruling could end up forcing officials to start the selection process from scratch following complaints from the Forest County Potawatomi Community.
* Lake County News-Sun | Local state lawmakers behind new measure to keep youths in state care closer to home; ‘They don’t have anyone around who knows them’: Illinois young people with disabilities and mental health medical needs in the care of the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) will get more attention closer to home as the result of recently signed legislation.
* Chicago Mag | Illinois Is the Most Progressive State: During the mayoral campaign, the most dedicated Johnson volunteer I met was Jonathan Nagy, a 33-year-old queer artist who moved to Chicago from his hometown in Ohio in 2016. Small-town Ohio is not a great place to be queer, or an artist. Nagy settled in Logan Square because he was “looking for a political community” and “wanted intentional spaces to meet my neighbors.” Those sound like the motivations that have created Bishop’s Big Sort. Bishop also wrote that “gay couples were congregating in particular cities — specific zip codes, in fact.”
* Tribune | Migrants are moved out of police station near Grant Park ahead of Lollapalooza, some to newly opened Broadway Armory shelter across town: Dozens were put on city-run buses to the Broadway Armory in Edgewater, among the first to be lodged there after it opened as a shelter for asylum-seekers Tuesday morning. Chicago sanitation workers threw away what the migrants left behind at the police station into a garbage truck — mattresses, children’s backpacks, shopping carts filled with food, rugs and clothing.
* Sun-Times | Road leading to Chicago’s 2024 Democratic Convention looks a bit like 1968: We are a nation of movements, with a new generation advocating for Black Lives Matter, defunding the police, LGBTQ+ issues, abortion rights and anti-gun legislation. On the other side are their polar opposites.
* Post-Tribune | Protests held across region against Indiana abortion ban taking effect: Indiana’s six remaining abortion clinics — including the Merrillville Planned Parenthood location — have stopped providing abortions ahead of the state’s near-total abortion ban officially taking effect, clinic officials said Tuesday.
* Bolts | Oregon Wants to Register Medicaid Recipients to Vote. Will Biden Officials Allow It?: The bill could add tens of thousands of people to voter rolls by allowing the Oregon Health Authority to forward basic information it collects from people applying for Medicaid coverage—age, residence, and citizenship status—to election officials. These officials would then use it to register anyone who is eligible to vote and but not already signed up to do so.
* AP | Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal control: Janet Protasiewicz, who made abortion rights a focus of her winning election campaign and called Republican-drawn redistricting maps “rigged,” marked the start of her 10-year term with a swearing-in ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda attended by an overflow crowd of hundreds, including many Democratic officeholders.
* WBEZ | Chicago’s interim top cop was accused in a domestic violence complaint in 1994: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s interim police superintendent was accused of domestic violence by his then-wife in 1994, but she ultimately stopped cooperating with an internal probe into the incident, and the department soon concluded that her complaint was “not sustained,” records show.
* Tribune | Our 18 must-dos before summer ends: Entertainment writers share their personal picks: It’s open year-round but late summer is an especially nice time to get to know a place in East Dundee called Van’s Frozen Custard & Burgers. […] Ensconced within Avondale’s rapidly developing riverside edge, you’ll find one of the most scenic stretches of the Chicago River’s North Branch. You might already know its east side, home to Clark Park (with its famous Jeanne Gang-designed WMS Boathouse), a mountain biking course and the southern terminus of the new 312 RiverRun trail.
* Tribune | James O’Connor Sr., former ComEd CEO and philanthropic leader, dies: Between 1963 and 1980, O’Connor rose through the ranks at ComEd before serving as CEO until 1998. Much of his time at the head of ComEd was spent grappling with the company’s nuclear program, which faced structural and financial challenges despite O’Connor’s sterling civic reputation.
* Crain’s | Hollywood is giving Ken Griffin the celebrity-actor treatment: Sony Picture’s “Dumb Money,” which will premiere in theaters Sept. 22, casts Chicagoland native Nick Offerman as the Citadel founder. Offerman, who was born in Joliet and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is perhaps best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom “Parks & Recreation.”
* Pioneer Press | Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz remembered by North Shore residents as attentive and kind neighbor: For Northfield’s Molly Oelerich, the memories are sweet in both a literal and figurative sense as she was the parent of children who went to the Winnetka-area home of Rocky and Marilyn Wirtz on Halloween. After standing in what could be a long line, children would receive full-size candy bars from Marilyn and then Rocky would autograph hockey pucks as they stood in their driveway.
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===Hollywood is giving Ken Griffin the celebrity-actor treatment: Sony Picture’s “Dumb Money,” which will premiere in theaters Sept. 22, casts Chicagoland native Nick Offerman===
I can’t love this enough, love, love, love.
Besides the ridiculous ego Rauner had, the bottom line is (and was) Ken Griffin wanted a rich patsy, just not as rich as he, to take the slings and arrows…and Griffin can watch, chime in, control his own image, and stay (at that point) a name only seen in circles he could try to manipulate with philanthropy.
The thing is… Griffin is all that wealth can bring in bad narcissism and self-worth where money means you’re never wrong, and the little people are always wrong.
The fact that Griffin made fools of those who said that the Fair Tax was going to drive folks like Griffin away, so defeating it would stave off the exits… while Griffin was leaving… that was priceless in the example of what worshipping the wealthy only because they have money, some still can’t realize they got played. Priceless.
My hope is this film allows for real examination of a man who runs down places like Illinois, but can’t help but require museums he donates to… to add *his* name to the culture and history … because being a civic pillar… of a place he loathes… is about Griffin, not a better Chicago or Illinois.
Good riddance, this trillion dollar GDP state that sees value in people, ideals, rights, the more awful people willing to tear down our country “because money” and “because I can”… go to Florida where actual history is being rewritten
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 8:00 am
Can’t get enough of Offerman. Loved him in Parks an Rec. Finally saw Last of Us and the episode he was in was amazing. His little cameo in Deadwood is hilarious. I will definitely see this movie at some point. And OW definitely has Griffin pegged to a T. The idea that money alone should give you the right to control everything.
Comment by DHS Drone Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 8:30 am
“Dumb Money” initially sounded like it could be an interesting film, but I watched the trailer in the Crain’s article and the language was so awful that I plan on taking a pass on seeing the movie.
I just don’t get the point of bombarding an audience with obnoxious and offensive language.
Thinking they should change the title of the film to “Dumb Movie”.
Comment by Back to the Future Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 8:37 am
===I just don’t get the point of bombarding an audience with obnoxious and offensive language===
Hiding his truth, Griffin’s cultivated image could be hiding the ugly… the language used, the obnoxious thoughts, and the offensive beliefs.
Warts and all comes to mind.
Telling the Griffin “story” in the filmmakers’ eyes needs the context of tone, tenor, vocabulary and volume? Won’t know until it’s seen I suppose.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 8:41 am
==I just don’t get the point of bombarding an audience with obnoxious and offensive language.==
You should read the comments on the WallStreetBets Reddit community that this movie is based on. Lots of bad language.
Comment by supplied_demand Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 9:24 am
===Lots of bad language.===
When “poor” or “younger” folks speak (even/especially in film) with foul language it’s treated far different than “older” or “mature” folks do it, the term “colorful” is banted about in some of those type of instances.
The language used is context too. Tech Bros speaking “The King’s” isn’t likely accurate?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 9:36 am
Speaking of WallStreetBets, another good documentary involving Ken Griffin and Citadel’s involvement with RobinHood and the GameStop controversy is “Gaming Wall St.” on Max. IIRC, Ken Griffin even makes an appearance.
Comment by Steve Polite Wednesday, Aug 2, 23 @ 1:01 pm