Chicago mayor-elect tells Senate ‘bold action’ – including a graduated income tax – needed in Illinois
Chicago mayor-elect tells Senate ‘bold action’ – including a graduated income tax – needed in Illinois
In her second consecutive day of addressing lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot once again called for statewide unity and told the Illinois Senate “bold action” will be necessary to “bring real change” to the state.
House Roundup: House passes bill to ban private, for-profit detention facilities
The Illinois House passed a bill that would prohibit private, for-profit companies from operating civil detention facilities in Illinois, a measure that would effectively block a project currently being proposed in the village of Dwight, about 75 miles southwest of Chicago.
Illinois already prohibits private prisons from operating in the state, and Rep. Kelly Cassidy, a Chicago Democrat who...