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* Tribune | Illinois government among victims of attack by global ransomware group, state IT agency says: The FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have attributed the attack, which hit Illinois state government May 31, to a ransomware gang called CL0P, which exploited the popular MOVEit Transfer file-sharing software.
* Bond Buyer | Actuarial report puts $5.6B price tag on an Illinois pension fix: Pension experts have long warned the Tier 2 benefits for at least some of the workforce are likely violate rules that require publicly sponsored benefits for participants who don’t also receive Social Security to at least match Social Security in benefits.
* WMAY | Former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is finally back in Illinois: Rauner and his wife Diana moved to Florida shortly after he lost his bid for a second term to Democrat JB Pritzker. Rauner will visit the State Capitol Monday for the unveiling of his official portrait.
* Tribune | School choice or a drain on public education? Backers aim to save controversial private school tax credit left out of new Illinois budget: The program has become a linchpin issue for Republicans who have railed against the Democratic-led legislature and its recently enacted state budget. That budget did not include an extension of Invest in Kids beyond the next school year. But Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has repeatedly left the door open to renewing the program, an indication that there’s a variety of interests at play. He’s said he would consider keeping it, in modified form, if lawmakers approve it in the fall legislative session.
* Sun-Times | Ban the ban, not the book? Giannoulias caps return with string of legislative wins, including anti-censorship law: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias told the Sun-Times he was “blown away” after reading about book bans across the country. “To me, this is a slippery slope, and it goes against what education is about,” he said.
* Sun-Times | Arlington Heights still odds-on favorite to land Bears as team huddles ‘to squeeze out the best deal they possibly can’: It’s too early to tell whether the team was bluffing when it said Arlington Heights has competition and introduced Naperville to the stadium game. Were the Bears angling for an Arlington Heights tax break?
* Sun-Times | Parking meter deal keeps on giving — for private investors, not Chicago taxpayers: Results of the latest parking meter audit by accounting giant KPMG shows meter revenues reached a record $140.4 million last year, up from $136.2 million in 2021 and $91.6 million during the stay-at-home shutdown of 2020.
* Sun-Times | City again delays moving migrants from shuttered YMCA to Daley College: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration had planned the transfer for last week, then announced Friday it would occur on Sunday. But it put off the transfer for a second time after many of the people affected said they prefer not to be moved across town.
* Tribune | Chicago’s Walking Man wandered alone for decades. Loved ones say: ‘He observed everything. That was his adventure.’: Then came the attacks, the first in 2016 when a man beat him with a bat. Amid the resulting media attention, Kromelis’ given name was revealed, along with a few details about his life: He was a former street peddler who had lost his rented room to redevelopment a few years earlier. Strangers donated thousands to help the Walking Man get back on his feet. And then, one year ago, something even more serious happened.
* Tribune | Lion Electric’s new school bus factory in Joliet aims to rewrite the rules for manufacturing in Illinois: Pritzker convinced the Canadian company that in suburban Will County, electricity is not just cheap, reliable and abundant. It’s also — thanks to a statewide commitment Pritzker was then shepherding through the legislature — on its way to being carbon-free by 2050.
* Media Matters | 200+ Things that Fox News has labeled “woke”: Fox News host Jesse Watters said, “Silicon Valley Bank is a woke Biden bank. They were holding seminars on Lesbian Visibility Day and national Pride Month.” He added, “This was Biden’s Green New Deal bank. So if this bank fails, so does Biden’s green agenda. Biden can’t let a woke green bank blow up on his watch. He’s got an election to win.”
* Knowable | Dealing with rats, and their health, in America’s ‘rattiest’ city: We study how rats interact with people, wildlife and the environment to better understand public health risks from rats and improve their management. We do this using a holistic approach known as One Health, which looks at all aspects of health and the interconnections between the health of people, animals and the environment. Academic and public interest in One Health has increased dramatically since the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly because it can help to find win-win outcomes that protect both the environment and human well-being at the same time.
* SJ-R | It’s official: Anchors Away to return as Norb Andy’s: Now building owner Dave Ridenour has confirmed the tabarin, and its familiar menu line up, will be returning. “We’re reopening it as Norb Andy’s,” said Ridenour, who purchased the Hickox Building in 2010 and has been the face of Norb Andy’s on multiple occasions since then when other operators couldn’t be found.
* Tribune | How Chicago football players’ mental health journeys led them to focus on wellness for Black communities: Giving up football was traumatizing, White said. “It was tough for a while because I truly did feel lost … especially for a young Black man with golden aspirations of playing at the next level, which would have been professionally eventually,” he said. “I didn’t know exactly who I was or who I could be at that point.”
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Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 7:30 am
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“renowned for his pandemic work against mask mandates in Illinois schools”
In what realm is Tom Devore “renowned” for his work against public health? People will just write anything these days won’t they.
Comment by Larry Bowa Jr. Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 8:50 am
I believe the more appropriate word they might’ve been looking for is “infamous”
Comment by fs Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 10:05 am
Does renowned now mean embarrassment to the legal profession?
Comment by Big Dipper Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 10:08 am
=renowned for his pandemic work against mask mandates in Illinois schools=
Otherwise known as a champion for death and disease.
Comment by Pundent Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 10:10 am
In that same article, the author writes, “It requires existing owners of semi-automatic rifles to register their ownership, ensuring that law enforcement knows the location of these weapons and who to hold accountable.”
Wrong.
Comment by H-W Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 1:07 pm
Ironically, it often feels like The Center for Illinois Politics doesn’t know a whole lot about politics (and policy).
Comment by Shytown Monday, Jun 12, 23 @ 5:20 pm