>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS GETS A NEW FUNDING FORMULA.

WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

PLUS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE LOOMING DEADLINE TO PASS A STATE BUDGET AND THE ROUGH RIDE EXPECTED FOR THE CTA IN CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW.

>> AND NOW TO SOME TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE CONSENT DECREE ORDERING REFORMS FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD BE EXPANDING YET AGAIN.

THIS TIME TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC STOPS.

THIS CHANGE COMES 2 MONTHS AFTER THE KILLING OF 26 YEAR-OLD EXTRA RE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP WHERE 4 OFFICERS FIRED 96 BULLETS IN 41 SECONDS.

IN A STATEMENT, CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS HE HAS AGREED TO ALLOW A FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEE THE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF TRAFFIC STOPS.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT POLICE OVERWHELMINGLY STOP BLACK AND LATINO DRIVERS AND ONLY MAKE AN ARREST ISSUE A CITATION OR RECOVER A WEAPON IN A FRACTION OF THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

A NUMBER OF CHICAGO OLDER PEOPLE ARE VOICING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.

SHOTSPOTTER A DAY AHEAD OF WHAT WILL LIKELY BE A CONTENTIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>> I SERVED ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU SHOTS BY THE WORKS.

I THERE AT MIDNIGHT 2 IN THE MORNING.

20 BELOW NO BUT I FEEL BODY ON THE GROUND.

CALLED SHOTSPOTTER THERE.

WE ARE ABLE TO GET THERE AND GET THE MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT PERSON DESERVED.

LOOK AT FRIDAY NIGHT.

463 ROUNDS.

THAT'S ENOUGH RIGHT THERE TO SHOTSPOTTER >> TOMORROW 17TH WARD ALDERMAN DAVID MORE INTENSE TO FORCE A COUNCIL VOTE ON AN ORDER THAT ACCUSES CURRENT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON OF HAVING USURPS THE WILL OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY CANCELING THE CONTRACT WITH SOUND THINKING WHICH OWNS SHOTSPOTTER.

CHICAGO BEACHES OPEN FOR THE SEASON THIS FRIDAY AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING WATER LOVERS TO STAY SAFE.

>> SOON AS YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING SOONER THAN LATER THAT ALLOWS US BEING THE POLICE FIRE OR THE COAST GUARD TO BE IN ACTION.

AND PROVIDES SERVICES FASTER IN A TIMELY MANNER.

>> SOMETIMES THESE EVENTS HAPPENED OFFSHORE OR IN THE DISTANCE FROM WHERE WE WERE STATIONED AT.

SO THE EARLIER YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY IT OUT LOUD, GET TROOPS MOVING IN AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

>> SEVERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT PARK DISTRICT AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATED ALIVE WATER RESCUE ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY NEAR NAVY PIER TO PROMOTE SEASONAL WATER SAFETY.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPHASIZED IS CALLING FOR HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IF A SWIMMER OR BOAT IS IN DISTRESS AND OFFICIALS SAY DO NOT SWIM HERE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WE'RE IN LINE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT.

SOME OF IT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORMS MARCHING ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL TO ILLINOIS, IOWA AND MINNESOTA.

METEOROLOGISTS SAY THE UNSEASONABLY WARM, HUMID AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE CREATING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

THERE MIGHT RESIDENTS TO BE SURE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.

UP NEXT, LOOKING AT THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW WAY MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> DRAGO SCHOOL FUNDING MODEL IS CHANGING INSTEAD OF BASING SCHOOL FUNDING ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS THE DISTRICT HAS DONE FOR THE PAST DECADE, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOW TAKING A NEEDS-BASED APPROACH.

HERE'S CBS CHIEF PEDRO MARTINEZ EXPLAINING WHY HE SAYS THAT CHANGE SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY IN A CONVERSATION WITH US EARLIER THIS MONTH.

>> SO VERY FEW DISTRICTS ACTUALLY USED BASE BUDGETING BECAUSE OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND SO WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT WAS DOING IT.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOSING ENROLLMENT WAS HAVING SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HIGHEST POVERTY AREAS.

>> AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THIS MAJOR CHANGE.

OUR YOU'RE PARENT AND CHAIR OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL AT LA LANGUAGE ACADEMY.

ABIGAIL, VINCE IS A PARENT AND MEMBER OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL AT MATHER HIGH SCHOOL.

MARIA OWENS, A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE AND VICE CHAIR OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL FOR HEARST METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW WOODS CHIEF POLICY AT KIDS FOR CHICAGO, WHICH WORKS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE PARENT DRIVEN IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS CHICAGO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

FIRST, I WANT TO KIND OF LIKE GET A SENSE BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL EVEN THINK THAT THE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA FOR CPS NEED TO CHANGE THAT THE EXISTING MODEL BROKEN.

AS CBS CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ HAS SUGGESTED YOU'RE START WITH YOU.

>> I THINK SOMETHING PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO TRY CAUSE.

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN UNDERFUNDED AS A DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 5 YEARS.

SO CBS DID HAVE TO COVID MONEY, PROBABLY EAST.

GOT US ALONG THE WAY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT TIME.

AND THIS YEAR THE COVID MONEY HAS RUN OUT.

SO SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

WE GO.

WE I THINK.

>> A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS ARE UNDERFUNDED.

HOPEFULLY THIS NEW BUDGET IS GOING TO HELP FOR COMING YEAR.

I KNOW THAT SELECT DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CAUSE STILL HAVE A BIT MORE FUNDING THAN THOSE LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS.

ALL THAT'S LIKE HELP US GET AN LEVEL RANDY, THINK THOSE SCHOOL FUNDING REALLY NEEDED TO CHANGE.

SO.

>> I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

AND YES, I LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS THE NEED TO BE BLOWN UP.

SO I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY MAKING THIS THE THE PROBLEM IS THAT SEEMS AS SOME SCHOOLS WERE GETTING STARVED OUT, WILL GO DOWN IN THE WAS NOT GOING TO BASE YOUR INCOME ON THESE LOWER NUMBERS THAT WE CAUSED.

SO, YES, I THINK IS A THREAT TO SEE A CHANGE.

OKAY.

HOW WOULD I KNOW YOU'RE GOING HAVE A DIFFERENT THAN THE PARENTS WERE TALKING DO YOU THINK THAT THIS NEEDED TO HAPPEN?

>> I THINK RELATED TO WITH ENROLLMENT DECLINE ACROSS EPS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

LOST OVER 100,000 STUDENTS IN CPS.

>> I'M HAVING A PURELY ENROLLMENT BASED WAY TO FUND SCHOOLS WAS NO LONGER WORKING.

WE HAD I THINK OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS WE'VE GONE FROM AD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NOW A 230 AM AND SHE WAS IN A FEWER THAN 130 STUDENTS.

AND WITH STUDENT BASED BUDGETING, IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR THOSE SCHOOLS PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHER POSITIONS AT THOSE SCHOOLS.

>> STICKING WITH YOU FOR A SECOND.

HOW IS IT, YOU KNOW, INEVITABLE THAT THIS IS A 0 SUM GAME THAT IN ORDER FOR SOME SCHOOLS TO GET MORE MONEY, OTHERS HAVE TO GET LESS.

>> I THINK IF CPS CAN BRING IN NEW WHICH WE SAW LAST WEEK WITH THE TEACHERS UNION ALSO IT IS GOING TO SPRINGFIELD.

THEY CAN PAY FOR SOME OF THE INCREASE POSITIONS.

YOU'VE JUST SAID ABOUT 8300 POSITIONS OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS FUELED MOSTLY WITH COVID RELIEF DOLLARS.

MISTER RICE SAID THIS COULD REALLY DOLLARS OR THE LAST 200 MILLION IS GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.

A CPS HAS OVER 681 MILLION DOLLAR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT SO I BUT I DO THINK, YOU WHAT, WE SAW THIS YEAR'S THAT SOME OF THE NEEDS-BASED PROGRAM UPS IS PROVIDING.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED MAGNETS LIKE ROMAN EXTRA FROM THE ONE TO THOSE SCHOOLS AS A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO DISPERSE FUNDS TO ALL SCOTTISH DISTRICT, HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS.

IF IT WANTS TO INCREASE FUNDING TO NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS WITH LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS, WITH SCHOOLS, WITH STUDENTS, WITH GREATER NEEDS, IT'S HARD WITHOUT NEW REVENUE SOURCES COMING IN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX RESOURCES TO THOSE SCHOOLS.

>> HAVE A GO.

SAYS YOU'RE IN L A C MEMBER.

AS WE MENTIONED THAT MATTER HIGH WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOW THIS NEW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA IMPACT YOUR SCHOOL?

SO IT'S GOING TO HELP THIS YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY USE THAT MONEY TO HELP US FOR THE NEXT COMING YEARS AS WELL.

>> I'M THAT GO TO THE CPS FORM AND THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.

AND WE DID LEARN THIS IS A ONE-TIME THING.

SO THAT ADVICE, MY PRINCIPLE THAT WE NEED TO USE THOSE FUNDS.

WISELY.

WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT WILL HELP US DURING THE NEXT COMING ANY SENSE?

BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BUDGETS YET PUBLICLY.

ANY SENSE FOR.

>> HOW MUCH MORE MONEY THE SCHOOL BE GETTING AND AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY MIGHT WANT TO USE THAT FOR WITH WHAT THE SCHOOL NEEDS.

>> AND A LOT ON THE PRINCIPLE IS VERY SURPRISED HOW MUCH WE'VE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IS TRANSPORT VANS TO HELP US WITH OUR SPORTS EVENTS AND OUR FIELD TRIPS A MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE BUSING.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE.

IF WE GET APPROVED FOR THOSE FANS.

>> MARIA, YOUR PASSION ABOUT THIS.

AS YOU'VE SAID OF HER SON'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

ONE OF OCPS SCHOOLS.

HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT DO YOU THINK ADDITIONAL ARE?

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES EXCUSE ME WILL HAVE ON ON HER HELP STABILIZE EVENT?

I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

WE ACTUALLY INCREASING FOR THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

>> OBVIOUSLY ANY INCREASES GREAT.

NOBODY IS GOING TO LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE ARE SUCH A SEVERE NEEDS PRETTY SPECIFIC TO LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

I THINK THAT, YES, WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO DO FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TYPE THINGS RESOURCES TO MEET NEEDS SPECIAL NEEDS OF SOME THE STUDENTS.

BUT I THINK THAT THE THE THE STATE AND THAT ACTUALLY GETS THE NATION'S GOING THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING MONEY IS SPENT ALL PUBLIC FUNDS ACROSS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO BE SHARED, OBVIOUSLY FOR WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE STATE THINK WE'LL HAVE TO STOP EDUCATION THE MOST PRIORITY MOTIVATION FOR FUNDING.

SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING HE SAID YOU'RE PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS WAS WRONG WITH THE PREVIOUS FUNDING MECHANISM?

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RELEASING IT ON THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS, RIGHT, AND YOU ARE PART OF THE REASON WHEN YOU SAY YOU THE DECISION MAKERS ARE PART OF THE REASON THE NUMBERS ARE DECLINING AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE PENALIZE THE SCHOOL, I KNOW YOUR NUMBERS WENT DOWN.

WELL, YOU TAKE OUT, YOU THIS A AND MUSIC IN THE POOL IN SPORTS TEAMS.

AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY WOULD A 6, 7, 8, GRADE PICK YOUR SCHOOL BY WITH THAT PICK YOUR SCHOOL.

IF THESE THINGS ARE MISSING, WHY ARE THEY MISSING?

BECAUSE YOU TOOK THE MONEY TAKE THEM ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF NUMBERS.

THE NUMBERS IS A VICIOUS CYCLE RIGHT?

NUMBERS GO DOWN IN THE MONEY GOES OUT IN THE NUMBERS, GO DOWN ONE OF DAY.

>> KNOW, DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET MORE NUMBERS UP.

BUT I CAN'T DO THAT IN TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A WITHOUT THE FUNDING, LIKE YOU SAID FOR FOR SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS.

>> YOU'RE AND YOUR LSU CHEERLESS OUT MAGNET SCHOOL IN IS ACTUALLY SET TO LOSE RESOURCES.

HOW MUCH OF A BUDGET HIT DO YOU THINK THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE TAKING WHAT'S THE IMPACT GOING TO BE?

>> WE WERE PRESIDENT PRETTY MUCH LOW 7 RESOURCES.

>> AND AS A EDITION'S WHEN USING RESOURCES TO THIS, IS SOMETHING SUNS JUST AS A MAGNET PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND WE OFFER 4 LANGUAGES.

>> WITH A TEACHERS.

THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL.

THEY ONLY ALLOCATED US ONE LANGUAGE TEACHER.

SO IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING.

WHEN I HEAR SAY LIKE IT'S NOT.

PROGRAM DECLINING I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S OUR PROGRAM.

OUR CORE PROGRAM IS A LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 50 YEARS SO FOR YOU DECIDE NEXT YEAR.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH THE WIND.

IT'S KIND TOUGH TOUGH SWALLOW.

WHAT RECOURSE DO YOU HAVE YOU IN THE PRINCIPAL YOU ALL ARGUING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR TO TO BE HELD HARMLESS, MAYBE?

>> YES, THE PRESIDENT BEEN VERY ACTIVE WHAT MY PROCESS GOING BACK TO THE CHIEF.

SHE'S GOTTEN REAL CREATIVE WITH THE PROJECT IS MOVING.

RESOURCES CHIEF THAT THE NETWORK >> JUST OVER RESOURCES AROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH LOSE A GYM TEACHER TO FULFILL ONE OF THE WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DEPLETED.

OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO FIND OTHER TEACHERS.

>> HOW WHAT WERE YOU SURPRISED AT THE DISTRICT OPTED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES ALL AT ONCE VERSUS FACE THEM IN OVERTIME?

BECAUSE AS WE'VE THIS IS IS A ONE-TIME AND THEN BUDGETS LEVEL OFF AFTER SO CPS SINCE 2019 HAS BEEN SHIFTING AWAY FROM STUDENT BASED THEY'VE BEEN REDUCING ESSENTIALLY THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT GOES TO SCHOOL THROUGH EASTERN BASED THEY WERE ADDING ALL THESE EXTRA WAYS TO GIVE DOLLARS TO SCHOOLS OF COVID RELIEF DOLLARS GOING THE WAY THEY'RE KIND OF RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS.

I WAS SURPRISED IN THE SENSE THAT AND THE BUDGET ARE THE DISTRICT HAD KIND OF OPEN ROUNDTABLE.

SESSIONS BACK LAST FALL.

THERE WAS NO HINT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE BUDGETING THIS AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT NOTIFICATION.

I THINK THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL BUDGETS RELEASED A SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER HAD THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS, SEE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

ONE THING YOU THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM AND IT KIND OF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY THE BETTER DESIGN SYSTEM.

BUT ALSO PEOPLE ARE MORE BOUGHT INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION.

THEY WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PROCESS HASN'T BEEN QUITE AS PUBLIC USUALLY BY NOW, SCHOOL'S A SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE SEEN THEIR BUDGETS AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN SHARED.

>> WITH FOLKS LIKE WHAT WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THEM?

I THINK IT'S SURPRISING BECAUSE YOU UNDER MAYOR EMANUEL, MAYOR WE HAD THIS PRESS AND ALMOST GOING BACK OVER 10 YEARS OF SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, BUT JUST BEING RELEASED TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.

WE CAN RUN ANALYSIS TO SAY OKAY, HOW DISTRICT SCHOOLS FAIRING CHARTER SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, MAGNET SLIGHTER MOMENT.

WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT.

RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT 630 SCHOOLS AND THEY'VE ALL INDIVIDUALLY GOT THEIR BUDGETS.

>> BUT THERE'S NO ONE THAT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A RECENT A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT FOR ANY TYPE OF SCHOOL.

ARE WE SEEING STUDENTS THAT ARE FACING THIS PORTION IMPACT TO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS SURPRISING AND HOPEFULLY CAN BE REMEDIED IN FUTURE BUDGET CYCLES.

MARIA, HOW GOOD OF A JOB DO YOU THINK THE DISTRICT HAS DONE COMMUNICATING THESE CHANGES IT?

AND I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IS HISTORICALLY WITH ALL THIS IS NOT JUST THIS ONE, LIKE THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHATEVER THE PROCESSES.

>> THEY INTRODUCE IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITIES WITH THE A PRETEXT IT OVER INPUT.

BUT REALLY THE IMPETUS IS ALREADY BEEN MADE.

SO IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION HOW STATE GOING TO BE USE YOUR GOOD AS HE'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE.

IT BE RELEASED.

KNOW.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU STATED, DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT.

AND IN FACT, YOU FEEL QUITE RESENTFUL BECAUSE THE RESULT YOU THE BATON TO STICK.

ABIGAIL, IT'S GOT ABOUT 10 SECONDS LEFT.

BUT DO YOU THINK THAT PARENTS AT SOME OTHER LIKE SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT MAGNET SCHOOLS DO THINK THAT THERE?

>> PROGRAMMING WILL SUFFER WITH LOW OR RESOURCES TO OR FUNDS.

SUPPOSEDLY THEY'RE NOT.

THEY SAID JUST A ONE-TIME THING.

WE HOPE IN 5 YEARS.

STILL GOING TO HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.

>> I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY WANT THEM TO HANDLE OKAY.

YEAH, NO, IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S HARD TO SAY ISN'T THAT WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US HERE.

MARIE OWENS, ABIGAIL, VINCE IS AND HOW WOODS THANKS EVERYBODY.

>> UP NEXT, THE STATE BUDGET DEADLINE LOOMS THE LATEST FROM SPRINGFIELD AND MORE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> FRIDAY'S DEADLINE LOOMS LARGE OVER LAWMAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD, THOUGH THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED HUNDREDS OF BILLS DURING THE SPRING SESSION.

SEVERAL MAJOR PIECES OF LEGISLATION REMAIN UNSOLVED.

AND OF COURSE, THEY STILL NEED TO APPROVE THE STATE BUDGET.

WELL, HERE IN CHICAGO, MAYOR JOHNSON IS BRACING FOR A POTENTIALLY ROUGH RIDE IN CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW WHERE RESOLUTION TO FIRE CTA.

PRESIDENT DORVAL CARTER SIGNED BY DOZENS OF OLDER PEOPLE IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED HERE.

WITH ALL THAT MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM AMANDA, AND HEATHER SHARON.

I'M AMANDA BENNETT.

COMING TO US FROM THE SAFETY OF HER CAR SOMEWHERE, HOPEFULLY NEAR SPRINGFIELD.

BUT AMANDA, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT DID PASS THIS WEEK.

THERE.

>> YEAH, I'M A WAY TO SPRINGFIELD.

THERE IS HOWEVER, A DUST STORM AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT A YEAR AGO THIS TIME PEOPLE AM ON A HIGHWAY THAT STORM SO I DECIDED TO MAKE THE SAFE CHOICE ON ROUTE TO THE CAPITAL.

AS YOU NOTED, THOUGH, BRAND AS THERE ARE.

THIS IS THE TIME REALLY IT IS DO OR DIE TIME FOR LEGISLATION AND A LOT OF CASES.

IT IS DUE.

WE'VE HAD MOVEMENT ON THE WAY WITH MEASURES THAT ARE PASSING BOTH CHAMBERS AND THAT WOULD DO EVERYTHING FROM CREATING A DIGITAL ID YEARS.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOW PHYSICAL DRIVERS LIKE THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, GOT PULLED OVER OR MAYBE EVEN AT A BARNES.

AND YOU JUST SHOWED ON YOUR PHONE, ALSO, PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT PRISONERS, PROTECTIONS AS WELL OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT FROM CYBER BULLYING OR 4.

THEM, MAYBE EVEN JOURNALISTS SUCH AS YOURSELF REALLY.

AND YOU KNOW, 100 OF BILL GOING BACK AND FORTH IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA.

>> OKAY.

BUT THEN THERE ARE STILL OF THE GOVERNOR'S MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT ARE STILL WAITING AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT AS WE KNOW.

WHAT ARE THE TOP LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

>> WELL, WE SPEAK, IN FACT, A SENATE COMMITTEE IS MOVING AND DEBATING ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S TOP PRIORITIES.

AND THIS IS CONSUMER PROTECTIONS OR INSURANCE, SOMETHING THAT HE MADE BIG DEAL LOVE IN HIS STATE OF THE BUDGET EARLY IN 2024.

AND NOW HE WANTS TO BE IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE LITERALLY JUST MINUTES AGO BEFORE I HAVE TIME WITH YOU WATCHING A HEARING WHERE THEY WERE DEBATING PUTTING AN ENTIRE BAN IN ILLINOIS ON SHORT-TERM INSURANCE.

THOSE ARE MAYBE INSURANCE PLANS THAT YOU WOULD GET BETWEEN JOBS.

BUT CRITICS DON'T REALLY DO MUCH.

REALLY JUST A A WASTE OF MONEY.

INSURANCE INDUSTRY, OF COURSE, THAT ON THE WAY BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE PROTECTION.

THOSE ARE ONE OF THE BIG MEASURES GOING FORWARD.

ALSO, WE DID JUST HAVE THIS MORNING MOVEMENT ON ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT'S BIG GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

WHO WANTS TO MAKE ILLINOIS CURRENT VALLEY WHEN IT COMES TO QUANTUM COMPUTING, A REALLY BIG TEN'S TAX INCENTIVE.

PACKAGE WAS APPROVED AT LEAST BY COMMITTEE.

SO IT STILL HAS A WAYS TO GO YET, BUT THAT WOULD CREATE A QUANTUM ZONE LIKELY IN CHICAGO, REALLY GIVING TAX INCENTIVES TO BRING COMPANIES TEAMS THAT TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WAITING TO GET TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

WE KNOW HE SUPPORTS IT AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL FUNDING.

IS THIS MEASURE THAT WOULD GIVE PROTECTIONS TO TO SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS AND THEN PUT TOWARD MORATORIUM ON ALL CPS.

SCHOOL CLOSURES.

THAT'S ALMOST TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, BUT NOT THERE YET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE FOR SURE.

SO LET'S TURN THE CONVERSATION OVER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUT 27 OLDER PEOPLE SIGNING A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE FIRING OF CTA.

PRESIDENT DORVAL CARTER.

HEATHER, THIS IS NONBINDING, THOUGH, RIGHT?

CORRECT.

SO NOT EVEN THE MAYOR HAS THE DIRECT AUTHORITY TO FIRE DORVAL CARTER WHO HAS BEEN THE CTA PRESENTS PRESENT PRESIDENT SINCE THE DAYS OF RAHM EMANUEL.

>> SO WHAT THE MAYOR DOES HAVE CONTROL OVER IS THE CTA BOARD.

AND SO NOT ONLY IS THIS MEASURE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TOMORROW, IT COULD BE BLOCKED FROM ADVANCING BY THE MAYOR'S ALLIES, BUT ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL IS IS SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S TOURISTS OF THE REVEREND IRA ACREE TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD AND THAT NOMINATION GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONTROVERSY IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SEARCH SPECIFIC TRANSIT EXPERIENCE.

HE'S A WELL-KNOWN FACE LEADER, A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, BUT NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS WELL VERSED IN SORT OF TIMETABLES AND HOW YOU SORT OF GET BUSES TO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON TIME.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A FIERCE DEBATE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY TOMORROW AND I'M SURE HIM AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL LONG DAYS IN SPRINGFIELD GOING FORWARD.

THERE ANY PEOPLE UP TO THE TASK IS AND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOUGH THEY AREN'T.

THE ONLY ONES WERE LOOKING FOR CHANGES TO PUBLIC BUT WE'VE BEEN COVERING THIS THAT THERE'S A LEGISLATION TO CONSOLIDATE THE 4 REGIONAL TRANSIT AGENCIES.

WHAT IS THE LATEST WITHOUT ONE?

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

LEAST NOT.

NOW.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER ACTUALLY WENT FOR THE CITY CLUB THE FIRST TIME SINCE THERE WAS BAN JADE ALREADY GOT CAUGHT UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOUND GUILTY IN SOME OF THAT CORRUPTION CHARGES WHO'D PREVIOUSLY WITH THE CITY CLUB AND PRITZKER SAID THEN HE WANTS THE TRANSIT AGENCIES DELVES TO COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN.

NOT UNTIL HE IS HE REALLY GOING TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WHEELING AND DEALING?

HE SAID THAT LOOKING TO THEM TO COME UP SOME IDEAS IN TERMS OF ANY WAYS THAT THEY CAN REDUCE THEIR SPENDING IN HOW THEY WOULD GO FORWARD CONSOLIDATE.

SO NOT HAPPENING.

THESE FINAL DAYS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> HOW DO YOU ALSO REPORTED TODAY THAT THE SCOPE OF THE FEDERAL COURT ORDER REQUIRING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REFORM SET TO EXPAND?

WE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER IN THE SHOW.

>> WHAT YOU FIND OUT?

WELL, THE TRIP SO TRAFFIC STOPS ARE NOW VERY MUCH AN ISSUE AND HOW SORT OF CPD IS DEALING WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO REFORM ITSELF UNDER THE FEDERAL COURT ORDER, WHICH IS NOW MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD.

AND WE LEARNED THIS WEEK.

CPD SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING HAS AGREED TO ALLOW THE CONSENT DECREE TO EXPAND TO GIVE THE FEDERAL JUDGE AUTHORITY OVER THE POLICIES THAT GOVERN TRAFFIC STOPS.

NOW, THIS COMES AMID SORT OF A PUSH TO BAN WHAT'S KNOWN AS PRETEXTUAL STOPS.

SO IF YOU THINK MAYBE SOMEBODY IS ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THEY HAVE A BROKEN TAILLIGHT OR THEIR LICENSES AND UP-TO-DATE THE POLICE OFFICERS CAN PULL THEM OVER AND SORT OF SEARCH FOR DON GUNS AND DRUGS.

NOW, SOME POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVE THAT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE.

CRITICS SAY IT IS GRATION RACIALLY DISPROPORTIONATE TARGETS, BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOW THE JUDGE IS GOING TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO SORT OF DECIDE WHETHER THE POLICY SHOULD BE WHAT THAT POLICY SHOULDN'T BE.

THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME THE CONSENT DECREE WILL EXPAND IN RESPONSE TO SORT OF OUTRAGE IN THIS CONDUCT.

THE FIRST TIME OVER THE MISCONDUCT, THE MISHANDLING OF THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS IN TWENTY-TWENTY, THE EXPANSION OF 3RD THAT PROBLEMS WITH SEARCH WARRANTS AS WE SAW WITH THE ANJANETTE YOUNG RAID AND NOW TRAFFIC RELATED TO THE INTERNET YOUNG RAID, A JUDGE, PAUL MEYER, THE FEDERAL JUDGE WHO IS OVERSEEING THE CONSENT DECREE SEEMS LIKELY TO APPROVE OF THE EXPANDING TRAFFIC STOPS, BUT NOT SO ON OTHER DEMANDS FOR POLICE REFORM GROUPS.

WHAT ARE SO THEY HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE TO BAN THE CPD FROM USING NO-KNOCK WARRANTS.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY POLICE GETTING AUTHORITY FROM A JUDGE JUST KNOCKED DOWN THE DOOR AND SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.

>> SHE SAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE SITUATIONS WHERE CPD SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT TECHNIQUE.

NOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S USED VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN IT DOES, AND IT IS IN SOMEWHERE IS NOT A CRIMINAL, YOU CAN HAVE REALLY SEVERE REPERCUSSIONS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOW BACK IN THE LAP OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY COUNCIL COULD VOTE TO BAN THESE NO-KNOCK WARRANTS.

NOW, MAYOR JOHNSON BACK WHEN HE WAS CANDIDATE JOHNSON ENDORSED SUCH A BAN WHETHER HE WILL PUT HIS WEIGHT BEHIND A BAN.

NOW THAT HE'S IN OFFICE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SURE HE'D BE INTERESTED IN THE INPUT OF HIS ON THAT AS WELL.

>> AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT, BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN SPRINGFIELD, OF COURSE, IS PASSING THAT STATE BUDGET.

WHAT SOME OF THE MAIN STICKING POINTS RIGHT NOW?

>> YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO SOMEBODY THAT REALLY THE MAIN STICKING POINT CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN ONE WORD AND REALITY, MEANING THAT YOU EITHER HAVE PASS ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR IN ORDER TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS OR YOU YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT EXTRA SPENDING.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

A TIGHTER BUDGET YEAR AND IN YEARS PAST DUE TO LACK OF COVID FEDERAL GRANT MONEY FOR AND SO WE DO HAVE THIS DEADLINE OF FRIDAY WILL LEARN TOMORROW WHETHER AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL MEET THAT SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE.

OTHERWISE THEY COULD GO THROUGH THE END OF THIS OK, WITH EITHER REAL MONEY OR MONOPOLY MONEY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT SPOTLIGHT, THANKS SO BEEN AMANDA.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES.

>> COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX.

NEW PLAN TO TOSS GUN CHARGES TIED TO SOME MINOR TRAFFIC STOPS.

AND SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PUSHING TO KEEP THE CONTROVERSIAL GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM KNOWN AS SHOTSPOTTER.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> WHAT SHOULD CLOSED CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A AND CLIFFORD LAW A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

>> AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING THAT OFFERS ADVICE AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE