Wirepoints

Chicago budget director Annette Guzman left Cook County Assessor Fritz’s staff in January 2020 to take a job as budget director for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, then left that post in May 2023 when Brandon Johnson made her the city of Chicago budget director.

Data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) shows that the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in March, which is up .1 percent from February and up .5 percent from last March.

"If they are teaching sexual orientation and gender ideology-related content, the investigations will examine whether the schools have notified parents of their right to opt their children out of such instruction. The investigation will also assess whether the Illinois School Districts limit access to single-sex intimate spaces (such as bathrooms and locker rooms) and girls’ spo...

Thefts where retail workers are threatened with weapons, or someone is hurt have risen 7 percent in the last year.

House Republican Leader Tony McCombie and Senate Republican Leader John Curran are proposing a specific solution in response to the recent killing of Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew. They want people who are on electronic monitoring pretrial and commit a new crime to automatically have pretrial release revoked until the case is resolved.