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NBC Chicago: Chicago City Council ponders lowering speed limits, but questions abound
The default speed limit on many Chicago streets is 30 miles an hour, but safety activists argue that it should be lowered, and some members of the City Council agree.
“I want to make the point that small decreases in average operating speeds make big differences in decreasing risk,” senior transportation planner Victoria Barrett told the City Council’s Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety this week. “We don’t need everyone to drive much slower to see big benefits.”
The Daily Herald: Pritzker: Bears lakefront stadium proposal still ‘a non-starter’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker cast more doubt Wednesday on the Chicago Bears’ proposal to build a nearly $5 billion lakefront stadium, just hours after two of his top staff members met with team officials to discuss the plan.
“As the governor has said, the current proposal is a non-starter for the state,” Pritzker’s office said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “In order to subsidize a brand new stadium for a privately owned sports team, the governor would need to see a demonstrable and tangible benefit for the taxpayers of Illinois.”
The Chicago Tribune: Calumet City aldermen question credit card bills for Hooters, hotels, dinners and cars
Calumet City’s municipal credit card statement showing charges from Hooters, a Gordon Ramsey restaurant, a hotel in New Orleans and a Cadillac lease have led aldermen to question whether Mayor Thaddeus Jones or another official is attempting to charge city taxpayers for personal expenses.
Concerns over city spending began when aldermen noticed the city was being charged for the lease payment of a Cadillac that, according to 6th Ward Ald. James Patton, is used by Jones’ wife, Saprina.
Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor Brandon Johnson chooses 7 members to serve on Chicago's permanent police oversight commission
The president and vice president of Chicago’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability on Tuesday are among Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choices to serve on the permanent panel responsible for civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department.
Anthony Driver Jr. and interim vice president Remel Terry are among seven mayoral nominees to the permanent commission.
CIProud: Bloomington mayor discusses state of the city
Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe delivered his State of the City Address at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.
It’s on the May 1 to kickoff the city’s fiscal year.
The Center Square: Republican negotiator responds to Pritzker's 'balanced budget' claim
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said there’s enough Illinois taxpayer revenue for his proposed $52.7 billion budget. Republican budget negotiators question that with a month before the deadline.
Pritzker said tax revenues are on track and that the big question is how the General Assembly prioritizes spending. He said he proposed a balanced budget.