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Johnson budget spends and taxes more
(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal includes a new package tax, a new tax on large employers and several tax increases.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Clerk sentenced for spending taxpayer funds on personal expenses
(The Center Square) – A Clark County judge has sentenced a former Dolson Township clerk to five years in prison and ordered her to pay more than $168,000 in restitution after prosecutors said she misused township taxpayer funds by spending them on personal expenses.
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Group airs pro-data center ads in attempt to counter misconceptions
(The Center Square) – Signs reading “no data center” still pepper some Sangamon County neighborhoods months after the county board approved a data center after hours of contentious public input.
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Cook County proposes banning data sales to ICE
(The Center Square) – Cook County officials have introduced legislation banning the release of personal information acquired under county contracts to federal immigration law enforcement.
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Feds charge 40 people in $40M SNAP fraud schemes
(The Center Square) — Forty individuals have been charged in connection with more than $40 million in federal fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday.
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Illinois Quick Hits: Teen suspects identified in high school bomb threat
(The Center Square) – Two teenage suspects have been identified in connection with a bomb threat that was reported at Marion High School on Aug. 14.
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Stratton, Tracy offer opposing pitches for Senate race
(The Center Square) – Illinois Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton, a Democrat, and former Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy met in their only televised debate, offering contrasting visions in the race to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
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Apple can’t escape trial in massive class action over photo face scans
(Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has largely rejected Apple’s push to avoid either a trial or a settlement payout in a potentially massive class action seeking damages under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law.
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Parents threaten school district for forcing girls to bunk with boys on trips, keeping it secret
Another school district settles litigation with Moms for Liberty over gender secrecy policies, alleging board members received death threats for policies it was already in the process of changing.
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U.S. Supreme Court curbs appeal of Chicago car seizures
(Legal Newsline) — At least two justices of the U.S. Supreme Court believe Chicago’s city policy of towing and disposing of vehicles for pennies on the dollar to satisfy unpaid parking tickets could amount to an unconstitutional taking of private property.
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