Ann Dwyer

1 day ago | chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz |Ann Dwyer

The governor’s budget office now expects about $500 million less in revenue for the coming fiscal year, which will make it more challenging for the General Assembly to come up with a budget. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget said today it now expects $54.9 billion in revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Its previous forecast called for $55.5 billion.

1 week ago | chicagobusiness.com | Mark Walsh |Ann Dwyer

DePaul University President Robert Manuel told the U.S. House education committee today he was “deeply sorry” for mistakes in handling an anti-Israel encampment on the school's Lincoln Park campus last spring and for an antisemitic attack on two DePaul students last fall. “We’ve made mistakes along the way” in responding to campus actions after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel, Manuel said. “As DePaul’s leader, I want to acknowledge that openly.

1 week ago | chicagobusiness.com | Justin Laurence |Ann Dwyer

Citing the results of a long-delayed feasibility study released today, Gov. JB Pritzker is pouring cold water on the proposed One Central megadevelopment despite the developer overhauling the project's cost projections — and trimming the state subsidy he's seeking by $4 billion.

2 weeks ago | chicagobusiness.com | John Pletz |Ann Dwyer

Several civic groups are offering the Chicago Police Department some lessons on how to implement community policing: a key part of the six-year-old federal consent decree that requires the city to reform some of the ways it fights crime. The groups hired a consulting firm, which interviewed 17 police departments nationwide about their approaches to community policing, as Superintendent Larry Snelling prepares to finalize CPD’s community policing strategy.

3 weeks ago | chicagobusiness.com | Ann Dwyer

Gov. JB Pritzker is asking Illinois pension funds and agencies to examine any investments or contracts they may have with companies in El Salvador. In a written statement released today, Pritzker said the moves were in response to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s willingness to help President Donald Trump deny due process to hundreds of migrants deported to El Salvador and now held in a maximum-security prison with no potential of release. “The United States Constitution guarantees due process.