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The Center Square: GOP treasurer candidate continues to push against taxing retirement income
Republican candidate for Illinois treasurer Tom Demmer continues to push against his opponent, Mike Frerichs, and vows to stop any possible taxing of retirement income in the state.
Demmer, a Republican state representative from Dixon, faces Frerichs, the incumbent Democrat, in the November election.
Chicago Tribune: Chicago property taxes and aldermanic pay hikes are tied to inflation. Now both issues are coming to a head.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot set out early in her first term to chart a path to ease the financial and political turmoil that confronts mayors who try to increase Chicagoans’ property taxes, especially in election years.
But six months out from the mayor and aldermen appearing on the ballot for reelection, Lightfoot finds herself in a political fight over property taxes anyway.
WTTW: Ex-CPS High School Dean Charged in Sex Abuse of Underage Student
The former dean of students at a Little Village high school has been accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage female student over the course of multiple years.
Brian Crowder, 40, was ordered held on a $75,000 D-bond during a court hearing Wednesday after his arrest on a charge of criminal sexual assault. That means he must pay 10% of that amount to be released from jail.