Jim Talamonti | The Center Square

“When you dig into the numbers, I think you find one of the reasons homelessness went down overall is because the self-induced migration, both legal and illegal, crisis that was happening in Chicago started to ebb,” Arellano said. #homeless #prevention #centersquare

“New funding in the NITA Act and amended into the 2026 regional budget covers any lost fare revenue or administrative expense,” Kersten said. #transit #fare #centersquare

“It would be quite a difference from our current policy and residence and transfer bylaws that kind of dictate whether transfer students are eligible,” Anderson told The Center Square. #centersquare #highschool #housebill

The board held a special call meeting Tuesday to appropriate an additional $665,000 for postage and printing costs related to mail-in ballots for the clerk’s election division. #dupagecounty #centersquare #spending

Bryan Riley, director of the National Taxpayers Union’s Free Trade Initiative, said tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump cost about $3,300 per household in Illinois, even though families may not be paying that much directly. #centersquare #tariffs

The service would provide 15-minute rides on continuous rail between O’Hare’s Terminal 2 and a downtown station near the Old Post Office, at a cost “significantly less” than a rideshare or taxi. #o'hare #rail #centersquare

“It adds a new surcharge on successful, profitable workers' compensation insurance companies, and then it adds new restrictions on potential liability on employers,” Melin told The Center Square. #centersquare #workerscomp

Inspector General David Glockner said the city provided half of the $100 million initially proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but the fund has been been effectively dormant since 2020. #fund #centersquare

Last month, the Illinois Department of Human Services revealed plans to cut about 250 jobs at Choate and shift mental health beds to the northern part of the state. #centersquare #mentalhealth #protest

OIG chief performance analyst Kevin Smith told The Center Square that the rat abatement program’s primary approach is responding to complaints or rat sightings by applying poison in burrows. #centersquare #rat #budget