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Abraham Scarr: Lawmakers must ensure Illinois consumers get insurance worth their payments Illinois is the only state in the entire country where it is legal to charge excessive home and auto insurance rates.

Lawmakers must ensure Illinois consumers get insurance worth their payments

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Laura Washington: Former US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. explains how he hopes to win voters back Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. wants to regain his 2nd Congressional District seat. He’s got a brutally long way to go.

What’s in a famous name?

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. One of the famed names of our time.

His son, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., shares that name and all that it connotes, as he mounts a comeback to regain his seat in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.

Anthony Hernandez: America cannot compete globally if it undermines its own people A nation cannot out-innovate its rivals if millions of residents live in fear of being seen.

Immigration raids and the federal government shutdown together add up to a direct attack on mobility — the very ladder that has long defined America’s promise, a professor from the University of Wisconsin Madison writes on @chicagotribune.com

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Brian Costin: Gov. JB Pritzker appointees’ plan shifts a mega property tax burden onto you A Illinois megaprojects bill betrays the principle of equal treatment by elevating billionaires above their less well-off neighbors.

The director of Americans for Prosperity-Illinois writes on @chicagotribune.com that a proposed megaprojects bill will shift property tax burdens onto residents while giving tax breaks to developers.

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Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

🚨 The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area.

Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.

Steve Chapman: Donald Trump wants Americans to be terrified of his wrath President Donald Trump wants to instill panic in anyone who might possibly stand in his way.

"Past presidents have sometimes employed fierce martial rhetoric to deter foreign adversaries. Trump directs it at American cities and citizens, treating opposition as insurrection," @stevechapman.bsky.social writes on @chicagotribune.com

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Police investigate after CBS Chicago reporter’s truck shot out with a pepper ball outside ICE facility in Broadview The alleged shooting happened the same day a journalist was released after being detained by federal immigration agents while covering a protest outside the ICE facility Saturday.

The Broadview Police Department has opened a criminal investigation after an ICE agent allegedly shot a pepper ball at a WBBM-Ch. 2 reporter’s truck Sunday morning outside the agency’s holding facility, which has been at the center of heated protests from concerned citizens and politicians.

Stacy Davis Gates: The wheels have come off Chicago education reformers’ charter school experiment Despite the best efforts of many educators at charter schools, the charter model continues to deliver chaos.

Another charter school, EPIC, is set to close in Chicago. This is the latest example of the "chaos" caused by the charter model, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates writes on @chicagotribune.com

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Daniel DePetris: European nations recognize Palestinian statehood. It won’t help end the war. Countries can formally recognize Palestine, but nothing happening in Israel gives confidence that the war will end soon.

Commentary: Countries can formally recognize Palestine all they want, but it’s the facts on the ground that will determine success or failure.

They bought a house to ‘grow up.’ Now they can’t afford to start a family. The costs associated with owning a home — insurance, property taxes, maintenance, utilities — are surging, causing younger adults to feel further disconnected from the lives they envisioned.

The costs associated with owning a home — insurance, property taxes, maintenance, utilities — are surging, causing younger adults to feel further disconnected from the lives they envisioned.

Laura Washington: Donald Trump and MAGA are targeting Black women President Donald Trump and his supporters have degraded a wide range of accomplished African American women.

"The war on Black women has been greeted with applause from Trump’s MAGA followers and silence from the rest of the Republican Party establishment," columnist Laura Washington writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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Daniel DePetris: NATO rose to the challenge and passed Russia’s test in Poland After Russian drones breached Polish airspace, NATO sent a message to the Russians that such antics won’t be tolerated.

NATO responded to Russian drones entering Poland’s airspace in the way we would want it to, @dandepetris.bsky.social writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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George F. Galland Jr.: Why does the Supreme Court keep backing Donald Trump? I believe four of the Supreme Court justices are deeply influenced by resentment, if not hatred, of the Democrats.

"If you took a secret poll of lower-court federal judges, I’d bet 90% would rate most or all of these rulings as wrong, if not lawless," a Chicago lawyer writes on @chicagotribune.com

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Daniel DePetris: Boat attack shows that Donald Trump doesn’t know what he wants in Venezuela Destroying a boat that was allegedly transporting narcotics to the United States is the latest move in the White House’s disjointed Venezuela policy.

"The outstanding question looms: What exactly does the Trump administration want to achieve in Venezuela?" @dandepetris.bsky.social asks in his column on @chicagotribune.com.

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was released in theaters on this day 65 years ago 🔪 🚿

Elizabeth Shackelford: China is making autocracy great again With most U.S. adversaries present at China’s military parade, this was a show of unity in opposition to America’s global leadership.

"China’s state-controlled capitalism, once reason for skepticism and distrust, has become a preferable alternative to Trump’s erratic trade war, even for traditional U.S. allies," @lizzyshack.bsky.social writes on @chicagotribune.com

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Laura Washington: Chicago needs real help with crime, not National Guard troops loitering on our streets Of course, the Democrats oppose crime, but they are choosing to entrust local law enforcement with our safety, not the National Guard.

Laura Washington suspects that Trump is bluffing on his threats, but if he does send the National Guard in, she urges Chicagoans to politely ignore them. "Let them loiter and languish on our street corners," she writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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John Grisham: Jamie Snow deserves clemency The case of Jamie Snow is a shocking example of how the criminal justice system in Bloomington, Illinois, was abused.

Commentary: The case of Jamie Snow is a shocking example of how the criminal justice system in Bloomington was abused by the very authorities entrusted to uphold the law.

David Greising: With the National Guard in the offing, what is the status of Chicago’s crime problem? Donald Trump may have lawless intent. But that hardly means Chicagoans should accept the level of lawlessness on the city’s streets.

Commentary: The inconvenient truth for Trump is that violent crime in Chicago is falling dramatically, from recent spikes during the pandemic.

The Beaches put on a great show last night at The Salt Shed.

Paul Wargaski: My son still doesn’t have a way to get to school in Chicago Chicago must stop treating school transportation like an afterthought and start treating it like the educational lifeline that it is.

Commentary: Every year, families like mine are expected to scramble — taking off work, coordinating carpools and burning through gas, time and patience — to patch together a system that CPS should have had in place months ago.

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump reverses course on a ceasefire in Ukraine. What can Europe expect now? President Donald Trump also changed his mind about whether to gift Ukraine security guarantees from the U.S.

After his discussions with Putin, Trump climbed aboard Air Force One essentially having changed his mind about how to go about striking a peace accord," @dandepetris.bsky.social writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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The left gets a new publication The Argument aims to articulate what the left is for, not just against.

The left gets a new publication

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Stacy Davis Gates: Chicago families deserve to go back to fully funded schools Our schools have been cut to the bone and constantly asked to do more with less. But this isn’t just underinvestment. It is also extraction.

"Our schools have been cut to the bone and constantly asked to do more with less. But this isn’t just underinvestment. It is also extraction," CTU President Stacy Davis Gates writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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Karen Tamley: Don’t let Chicago’s transit crisis erase decades of progress for people with disabilities For disabled Chicagoans transit is a way to get to work, attend school, access medical care, visit family and be part of the community.

"For disabled residents, especially those who can’t drive or afford their own wheelchair-accessible vehicle, public transit is the foundation of daily life," the CEO of Access Living writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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Daniel DePetris: By winging it in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a big risk The Israeli prime minister is often unsure of the next steps and arrogantly refuses to acknowledge the consequences of his own actions.

For many in the IDF, Benjamin Netanyahu’s new plan runs the risk of plunging Israeli troops into an occupation of the Palestinian enclave that the Israeli prime minister’s predecessors came to regret, @dandepetris.bsky.social writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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Mayor Johnson’s CPS chief resists City Hall borrowing plan, pension payment as budget deadline looms Chicago Public Schools interim chief Macquline King is resisting pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson to borrow millions of dollars.

NEWS: Mayor Johnson’s CPS chief resists City Hall borrowing plan, pension payment as budget deadline looms. The financial and political drama is strong now, with the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chicago families up in the air, w/ @nellsalzman.bsky.social
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Rep. Kam Buckner: Springfield should think twice before giving the Bears a property tax break Why should the Bears, an $8.8 billion franchise, get a property tax break that Illinoisans will never get?

"If they don’t pay their share in Arlington Heights, the gap doesn’t vanish, it gets passed on to someone else, and that someone will be the state of Illinois," State Rep. Kam Buckner writes on @chicagotribune.com.

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With protective orders going unserved, domestic violence victims are left in danger One year ago, Maria Roque was shot and killed in front of her children—police say her longtime abuser was to blame. Roque’s story is an example of how law enforcement is not getting stay-away orders i...

@cbschicago.bsky.social dug into protective orders here.

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Donna Miller: Cook County’s domestic violence court system is broken Cook County’s fragmented domestic violence court system fails to provide adequate services and protect victims.

One particularly haunting stat in this piece on domestic violence from a Cook County Commissioner: 75% of protective orders in Cook County go unserved. @chicagotribune.com

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