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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING STATE LAWMAKERS RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD TO VOTE ON THE 53 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PLAN.

WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR YOU.

RENEWED EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES LIKE YOU DID GET SICK IS SCREENING AT THE TOPS OF THEIR LIVES.

>> AND THE CICADA INVASION IS HERE.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR NEW NEIGHBORS.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS RELEASING NEW SCHOOL BUDGETS TODAY SHOWING TIGER RESOURCES FOR SOME IT COMES AS THE DISTRICT FACES A NEARLY 400 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT CPS PUBLISHED INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LEVEL BUDGETS TODAY AMID CONCERNS OVER HOW THE DISTRICT'S BUDGETING PROCESS COULD AFFECT ITS SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT.

SCHOOLS.

>> WE WILL MAINTAIN, THOUGH, OVERALL LEVEL FUNDING FOR OUR SOME SCHOOL BUS WILL GET TIGHTER NEXT YEAR.

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

>> IN MARCH, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NEW FUNDING MODEL INSTEAD OF BASING FUNDING ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

THE DISTRICT WILL NOW GUARANTEE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ALL SCHOOLS.

CBS WILL THEN ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF NEED.

FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

TRAVELERS AT O'HARE AIRPORT.

WE'LL EVENTUALLY NOTICE THE NEW CONCOURSE.

BUT FIRST, MORE CONSTRUCTION TODAY.

THE CITY UNVEILED THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW SATELLITE CONCOURSE, ONE WHICH CONTINUES SEVERAL YEARS OF UPGRADES AND ADDITIONS TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> WE'VE RENOVATED THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS CONNECTING OUR TERMINALS TO THE CTA BLUE LINE.

HERE'S MAIN PARKING GARAGE.

JUST THIS MONTH, WE TOPPED OFF OUR NEW 6 STORY PARKING FACILITY AT TERMINAL 5, WHICH WILL OPEN IN OCTOBER AND LAST MONTH ARE TO THE FIRST TERM OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS BEGAN SITE WORK ON THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY.

CONCOURSE ONE SATELLITE WANT.

>> THE NEW SATELLITE CONCOURSE, ONE WILL BE THE FIRST NEW CONCOURSE AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS AT O'HARE AND ADDS 19 NEW GATE.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CONCOURSE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT SIZES OF PLANES, MAKING AIRLINES MORE EFFICIENT AND REDUCING LAYOVER TRANSFERS FOR PASSENGERS.

THE CONCOURSE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2028.

CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL HAS EUTHANIZED 16% MORE ANIMALS BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, CITY DATA SHOWS THE SHELTER IS ON PACE TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S RECORD.

HIGH EUTHANASIA COUNT AND STRAY ANIMAL INTAKE HAS MORE.

PET OWNERS ARE SURRENDERING THEIR ANIMALS, ANIMAL WELFARE WORKERS ACKNOWLEDGE BARRIERS THAT HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE ADOPT FOSTER OR KEEP THEIR OWN ANIMALS SUCH AS INFLATION PUSHING THE COST OF PET CARE HIGHER AND HOUSING POLICIES THAT RESTRICT BREEDS OR TYPES OF PETS.

THE SHELTER SAYS IT'S EXPECTING A BUSY SUMMER AHEAD AND IS URGING RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING OR FOSTERING A PET.

THERE'S MORE OF THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, ADVOCATES CALL FOR A BETTER SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS ACROSS ILLINOIS.

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.

>> ILLINOIS IS ONE OF 7 STATES WITHOUT INDEPENDENT STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM.

THE FAIR ACT, ACRONYM FOR FUNDED ADVOCACY, AN INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATION WOULD CHANGE THE BILL WAS FILED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND IT'S THE LATEST PUSH TO FIX THE STATE'S LONGSTANDING CHALLENGES IN EQUITABLE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, OUR STEPHANIE COLEMAN, THE POLICY DIRECTOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S CHILDREN AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER AND COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

SHARON MITCHELL JUNIOR, THANKS TO BOTH FOR JOINING US.

SO STEPHANIE COLEMAN STARTING WITH YOU.

TELL US ABOUT THE FAIR ACT.

WHAT WOULD IT DO AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S NECESSARY?

>> WELL, AS YOU SAID, ILLINOIS REALLY STANDS APART FROM MOST OTHER STATES AND ITS PROVISION OF A STATEWIDE BODY TO REALLY SEE WHETHER WE ARE ADEQUATELY DEFENDING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND WHAT A COUPLE OF THAT HAD COMMENCED IN 2018 HAVE TOLD US IS THAT NO, WE'RE NOT.

IN ADDITION TO THE LACK OF STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHAT THAT IS DOING IS ALLOWING A LOT THE GAPS IN TO PROLIFERATE AROUND THE STATE AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS REALLY IN MANY QUARTERS AND STATE ARE NOT BEING DEFENDED IN THE WAY THAT THEY NEED TO BE DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A STRUCTURAL ISSUE AND THE FAIR ACT CHANGE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE THOSE RESOURCES ARE WANT TO COME BACK TO SORT OF LIKE WHAT ACT WOULD CHANGE IN HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

STRONG MITCHELL COMING TO YOU THAT WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE WORKLOAD FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR YOUR OFFICE?

>> WE'RE LUCKY IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE A COUNTY BOARD COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT SUPPORTED PUBLIC DEFENSE IN THE COUNTY, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE SAME SITUATION FOR OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

THAT KEEPS CASE LOADS DOWN AND THE FAIR ACT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE DEATH OF THE FUNDING THAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

>> I'M STEPHANIE, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ACT WHAT IT DOES, WHAT IT'S WHAT IT SETS CHECKED.

>> WELL, CREATES THE STRUCTURE, AS I THERE.

IS IT A STRUCTURE AT THE STATE LEVEL REALLY SUPERVISE HOW DEFENSE IS BEING PROVIDED AROUND THE STATE AND THIS PUBLIC STATE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP AS A DEFENDER.

MITCHELL SET CASE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL STAFFING RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLACES THAT NEED IT.

CURRENTLY IN ILLINOIS, ABOUT 60% OF THE COUNTIES DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER.

THAT IS COUNTY RYAN AND COUNTY FUNDED IN THAT SENSE.

AND SO HAVE THOSE ARE RUN ON INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS.

PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET IN SOME CASES FOR AND YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT THAT IS REALLY REQUIRED TO DEFEND RIGHTS.

AND THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, IF IF COUNTIES ARE CONTRACTING SAY WITH A PI PRIVATE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE AREA.

>> I'M WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THEN?

YOU KNOW, FOR THE KIND OF DEFENSE THAT SOME FOLKS MIGHT BE GETTING, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC DEFENDER OR OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY IS NECESSARILY DIFFERENT WORSE.

BUT SOME FOLKS ARE GETTING, YOU PUBLIC DEFENDERS WHO MAYBE ARE GETTING PAID VERY BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS CONTRACTING OR HOW DOES HOW DOES IT SET UP SORT OF AN UNEVEN DEFENDING SYSTEM?

IT NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

SHOULD HAVE A PRICE TAG IT.

UNFORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN A >> COMMUNITY WERE SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING AN ATTORNEY THAT IS THERE.

WHEN YOU FIRST GET ARRESTED OR HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT HAS ACCESS TO YOU THE BEST.

A GATOR SERVICES OR SUPPORT SERVICES.

WE KNOW THAT THE SITUATION IS REALLY VARIED ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES ARE REALLY DELIVER AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND BECAUSE THERE ARE 102 DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN THE STATE, THERE ARE 102 DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR PUBLIC THIS WILL GIVE LIKE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICES, MORE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, BUT IT COULD GET OTHER MORE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT IN TERMS OF ACTUAL ATTORNEYS.

IT CREATE CASELOAD LIMITS.

YOU CAN CREATE A TRAINING STANDARDS.

THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE.

THE FACT THAT ILLINOIS ONLY ONE A HANDFUL OF STATES.

THE DON'T HAVE A STATEWIDE OFFICE REALLY SHOWS KIND OF THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THE DEFENDER OFFICES GET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY IN COOK COUNTY THAT WE A BOARD THAT IT SUPPORTED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEE ACROSS THE STATE.

THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP.

AND WE'RE IN A REALLY EXCITING TIME IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, A PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE HIT A LEE JUSTICE TOO, HAS DECIDED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

SO IT'S TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> STEPHANIE WHITE, DON'T SOME COUNTIES HAVE PUBLIC DEFENDERS?

WELL, IN THE ILLINOIS STATUTE, IT SAYS WHICH, BY THE WAY, WAS SET UP IN THE 40'S BEFORE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL WAS REALLY CREATED GETTING VERSUS WAINWRIGHT, WHICH WAS IN 1968.

>> THERE WAS A IT WAS DECISION IN THE COUNTY CODE POPULATIONS UNDER 35,000 IN HAVE THE OPTION OF WHETHER TO SET UP A PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE OR NOT.

AND CURRENTLY OF BOTH IN COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES AND THOSE THAT DON'T IT IS IN EVERY COUNTY OUTSIDE OF COOK COUNTY, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COUNTY WHO APPOINTS THAT PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THEN CAN REMOVE THEM AND DOES NOT HAVE TO DO SO FOR CARS.

THEY CAN VACATE.

THE OFFICE CAN BE VACATED IN A TIME WHICH REALLY GIVES AN IMPROPER LEVEL OF JUDICIAL SUPERVISION TO COUNTY DEFENDERS.

SO THE A PUBLIC DEFENDER GETS INTO THAT OFFICE FOR THE COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE THE WAY OF STATE'S ATTORNEY GETS INTO THAT OFFICE IS VERY DIFFERENT.

STATE ATTORNEYS ARE ELECTED IN THE CASE OF COOK YOU ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY TO THAT POSITION FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER.

>> I MEAN, I THINK THE LAW WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THOSE ROLES ARE SOON.

NOT STATES ATTORNEY, BUT FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER.

BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION, SHARON IS, SHOULD THERE BE MORE PARITY BETWEEN THE STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICES AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S YEAH, WE KNOW IN.

>> ALL SIGNIFICANT MORE FUNDING FOR A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES VERSUS A PUBLIC DEFENDER STOPPED AS WE KNOW, SOMETIMES DOUBLE SOMETIMES TRIPLE 2 TIMES QUADRUPLE.

>> AND HAVING A OFFICE WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO REALLY OR RISK RESOURCES ARE ARE NEEDED RIGHT NOW.

VAST MAJORITY OF FUNDING COMES FROM THE COUNTIES AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THINK SUPPORTED THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AGAIN.

WE'RE SUPER LUCKY THAT WE HAVE A CHIEF JUSTICE OF CHIEF JUSTICE SITES.

WE HAVE SPEAKER WELSH AND WE PRESIDENT HARDIN.

THE DA DECIDED TO SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE FAIR ACT GIVES US A GREAT PLATFORM TO START TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR FOLKS TO HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS REPRESENTED 70.

WHAT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS COST THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE'S ALSO THE POLITICAL WILL TO FUND THAT COST?

>> NEWS IS THAT IT WILL COST EITHER SINCE ILLINOIS.

IS THAT MEETING PEOPLE'S 6 AMENDMENT RIGHTS CURRENTLY REALLY LEADS TO STAY OPEN TO A LOT OF LIABILITY.

AND SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE STATE WANTS TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT, WHICH SINCERELY HOPE THAT IT DOES RIGHT UP FRONT.

THERE ISN'T A GREAT DEAL OF COST FOR THE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NEED AROUND THE STATE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURE AND WHERE TO ADDRESS THOSE IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THROUGH A THOUGHTFUL PLANNING PROCESS IN COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC DEFENSE THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME.

OUR OFFICE TO DO A STUDY OF WHERE GAPS ARE AND STAFFING AROUND THE STATE AND FOUND OUT THAT ILLINOIS IS SHORT.

ABOUT 900 DEFENSE ATTORNEYS AROUND THE STATE AND EVEN MORE THAN THAT IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF, CETERA.

SO IN THE END ILLINOIS TO REALLY BRING IT SYSTEM UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, IT COULD BE QUITE COSTLY, BUT IN THE BUT THE COST OF PRISON AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES REALLY IS AS WELL.

IT'S PAID IN WAYS.

YES, YES, I'M OKAY.

SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE FOLLOWING.

NOT THIS SESSION, OF COURSE.

BUT AS YOU SAID, HOPEFULLY VETO SESSION.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

STEPHANIE COLEMAN AND COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW THE STATE'S NEXT BUDGET COULD HIT YOUR POCKET.

STAY WITH US.

WE ARE IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE SPRING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UNABLE TO MEET THEIR SELF-IMPOSED.

A GERMAN DEADLINE.

HOUSE LAWMAKERS RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD TODAY TO VOTE ON THE 53 BILLION DOLLARS STATE BUDGET THAT THE SENATE PASSED ON SUNDAY BESIDES DEBATING THE BUDGET.

LAWMAKERS PASSED HUNDREDS OF BILLS DURING THE SESSION HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEEN AMANDA AND SPECIAL GUESTS SITTING IN WITH THE BAND GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTER WITH THE ILLINOIS ANSWERS PROJECT OF THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION.

WELCOME, ALEX.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO BEFORE WE GET TO SPRINGFIELD, WE HAD SOME NATIONAL NEWS TODAY THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO NOMINATE BIDEN VIRTUALLY AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION IN ORDER TO MEET OHIO'S AUGUST 7TH BALLOT DEADLINE.

STAY WITH ME, FOLKS.

>> IT IN AT ISSUE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, OHIO LEGISLATORS WERE ABLE TO TEMPORARY SALT TEMPORARILY SOLVED THIS BALLOT ISSUE.

BUT OHIO REPUBLICANS SEEM UNWILLING TO DO IT THIS YEAR.

SO DEMOCRATS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A VIRTUAL NOMINATION.

ALEX.

AMANDA, DOES THIS TAKE SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT OUT OF AUGUST?

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO?

I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE AN EXCITING EVEN IF IT IS JUST SOME KIND OF SHOWY DISPLAY OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL SORT OF LIKE POMP AND CEREMONY ANYWAY, OF LIKE MAINE WITH ITS HOWEVER, MANY DELEGATES.

>> YOU KNOW THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT RIGHT.

AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, THOUGH, IS THAT AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING AND REPUBLICANS IN OHIO STATE LEGISLATION WITH THE ONES WHO ARE JUST READING THIS, TRYING TO KEEP PRESIDENT BIDEN OFF THE BALLOT.

BUT THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, MIKE DEWINE WAS SAYING, NO, WE HAVE REVERSE THIS AND ACTUALLY STEP BACK.

SO, YEAH, IT'S STRANGE SITUATION.

BUT I THIS IS A VERY ILLINOIS SORT OF GAME TO PLAY, BY THE WAY.

I MEAN, ILLINOIS WERE >> THE ROLE OF ILLINOIS OHIO, IF IT EVEN COVER CONVENTIONS, I WILL SAY SORT OF THAT WHAT EVERYTHING BUILD UP TO BUT THE COMBINATION, THE FUN SO LEX YES, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO FILL THE TIME.

BUT THE OFFICIAL PART THAT LIKE EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR WILL HAS BEEN OVER AND DONE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS DONE VIRTUALLY DEMOCRATS PRETTY WELL.

AND INTERESTINGLY ACTUALLY, AND SO FOLKS MIGHT ENJOY IT BETTER.

PERHAPS THIS DIGITAL THING WHERE YOU CAN GET.

FOLKS VOICES AND IT'S REALLY CARE RATED AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR, THE THAN THE ENTIRE STILL GOING WAS.

>> WAS OVER.

ZOOM LINE IN TWENTY-TWENTY, RIGHT?

SO THIS IS JUST THAT WE ALL YEAH.

SO OK, SO TAKE THE CONVERSATION SPRINGFIELD.

LAWMAKERS ARE NEARING THE FINISH STATE HARD AT WORK OVER THE WEEKEND.

ONE OF GET ACCOMPLISHED.

SO IT PASSED THE BUDGET, AS YOU NOTED EARLIER, THEY HAD THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ON FRIDAY.

INSTEAD TALKS TALKS, HAWK'S HAWK SOCKS NEGOTIATIONS JUST BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR DIFFERENCES?

>> THIS IS STILL A BUDGET.

DEMOCRATS ARE GOING IT ALONE WITHOUT ANY GOP VOTES, IT JUST TOOK THEM MORE TIME.

SO YOU HAVE THE SENATE OVER THE WEEKEND.

AS YOU NOTED, THEY DID PASS A BUDGET AND SORT OF ALL THE COMPANIES BILLS THEIR HOME.

THE HOUSE REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED NOW.

SO NOW IT'S THEIR OKAY.

ALEX.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS FOR YOU AND OBVIOUSLY FOR TAXPAYING VIEWERS AT HOME IN THE CITY, 3 BILLION DOLLAR WELL, I THINK THE BIG REVENUE ITEM AT THE CENTERPIECE OF THAT THERE WAS THE MOST DRAMA AROUND WAS GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S PROPOSAL TO >> RAISE TAXES ON SPORTS THAT WAS A BIG STICKING POINT THAT THE SPORTS BETTING JUST SORT OF SPORTS BOOKS THAT HAD LOBBYING OUT IN FULL FORCE TRYING TO STOP IT.

>> AND IT REALLY WAS THE CENTERPIECE OF A LOT OF THAT INITIATIVES IN SPENDING AND PROGRAMS THAT DEMOCRATS AND THE GOVERNOR PARTICULAR THE PASS.

AND THAT IS THROUGH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE TOP THE AGENDA AS PART OF HIS ADDRESS TO SEE MOST NOTABLY VA HEALTHCARE PROTECTION ACTIVE THINK WAS EFFECTUATE A BUNCH OF HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS BANNING PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND HOME CAPPING THE PRICE OF INHALERS.

A $25 MORE FUNDING FOR MATERNAL HEALTH REQUIRING THAT INSURERS COVER THINGS LIKE DO WASN'T HOME BIRTHS AND MIDWIVES.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST 2 THAT STAND OUT.

BUT A WHOLE LOT GOT DONE AT LEAST BY THE SENATE.

NOW IT'S THE HOUSE'S TURN.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, WHAT I THINK IS THE BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING A LOT THAT'S GOING TO DIRECTLY OR MOST OBVIOUSLY HIT VOTERS IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

BUT THE BIG CRITICISM BY REPUBLICANS IS THAT IT WILL IN SORT SIR IAN, SORT OF ROUNDABOUT WAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOLKS, WHO DO TAKE PART IN SPORTS BETTING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET AS MUCH ON THEIR WIND THAT THE ODDS ARE GOING TO BE OFF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS THIS RETAILERS THIS KIND OF COMPLICATED.

>> REALLY PLAN.

IS IT EFFECTING SING LIKE WALMART?

WHO CARES?

>> BUT YOU MIGHT.

WHEN IT GETS BAKED INTO THE PRICE OF YOUR FINAL GOOD.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RUNS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY INTENTIONAL.

THIS IS A BUDGET THAT DOES INCREASE IN SPENDING.

YOU'RE NOT SEEING BIG CUTS TO PROGRAMS YEAR AS YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE WITHOUT THIS INCREASE ITS PHILLY LIKE A BILLION DOLLARS, MORE OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN SORT OF YOU HAD ONE OF THE SENATORS DURING THE DEBATE SAY, OH, THAT'S PRETTY.

LET'S CALL IT REVENUE AKA MEANS LIKE SOMEBODY IS PAYING MORE SOMEBODY'S TAKEN WELL, AS YOU KNOW, LET'S GET TO THAT, ALEX.

THERE WERE SOME REVENUE RAISING TAX INCREASES WHO GOT HIT THE HARDEST.

>> WELL, I MEAN, IT WAS SPORTSBOOKS ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, I THOUGHT WAS ACTUALLY A TAX THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY AS PART OF THIS, WHICH WAS THE ONE PERCENT TAX ON GROCERIES THAT THE STATE HAD BEEN IMPOSING.

MUNICIPALITIES WERE COLLECTING MUNICIPALITIES OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T LIKE IT IS GETTING TAKEN AWAY.

BUT IT WAS, I THINK, KIND OF POLITICAL WINNER FOR THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT RELIEVED OF STATE LOSING ANYTHING JUST TO SAY.

TO ALL OF THE TOWN'S TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, IF YOU WANT THAT MONEY SO BADLY, YOU NEED TO TAXES, GROCERIES.

AND SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT SHOPPERS AND CONSUMERS THAT THEY MIGHT BE FEELING IT IN A GOOD WAY IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THOSE TOWNS AND COUNTIES AND CITIES HAVE TO BRIEFLY, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE MAIN CRITICISMS OF THIS BUDGET?

SO IS IT NOTED THE BIG CRITICISMS, I THINK, ARE JUST THAT IT CONTINUES TO SPEND INCREASED LEVELS.

>> BUT WHAT MAIN TAKEAWAYS ARE A REPUBLICAN SAID THIS SEEMS TO BE A BUDGET THAT PUTS PRITZKER ON THE PAST TO THE PRESIDENCY THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS KERRY DID IN BUILT AROUND THAT THEIR OTHER MAIN CRITICISM IS THAT THEY SAY IT SPENDS TOO MUCH AND BASICALLY A BILLION DOLLARS ALL TOLD ON NON CITIZENS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, MIGRANTS ARE OTHERS WHO MAY NOT BE IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY INSTEAD OF ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

THOSE WITH THE CRITICISMS YOU HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM THE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS LEGISLATURE ALSO TO CHOSE NOT TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE STADIUM FUNDING REQUEST.

ALEX DI THINK THEY'LL TAKING THIS UP IN THE FALL.

>> IN THE FALL, I GUESS I WOULDN'T BET IT.

HAVE SPEAKING ABOUT I MEAN, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE STORY OF THIS WAS THAT THAT MAYOR'S PRESIDENT, KEVIN WARREN AND INTERESTING, MAYOR OF CHICAGO, BRANDON JOHNSON, CAME OUT FAVOR OF THIS.

PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE BASICALLY HAS THE STATE TO BORROW A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THE BEAR BACKED BY SOME MAYOR WAS ALL FOR IT.

THE GOVERNOR CLEARLY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING SAID THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

WE'RE NOT GOING FOR IT WAS NEARLY TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

VERY QUICKLY.

HOW SOON CAN WE HAVE A BUDGET OUT OF THE HOUSE?

SO IT'S GOING TO BE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT WILL BE THE EARLIEST.

THEY CAN DO IT.

SO EXPECTED INTO THE WEE HOURS.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU THAT SPOTLIGHT NOW IT'S NICK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE MAIN EVENT OF UFC.

YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME.

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>> OKAY TO WATCH 2024.

IS REACHING FEVER PITCH IN THE CHICAGO REGION WHERE MILLIONS OF INSECTS ARE BURSTING FROM THE GROUND.

>> SO WHY SO MANY CICADAS IN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET?

HERE'S PATTY.

WHAT LEE WITH THE ANSWER IN OUR WTW NEWS EXPLAINS SERIES.

>> TIME TO STOCK UP HERE.

PUT FOLKS THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET A LAUGH CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD.

>> NOW MAYBE WONDERING WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

WE GET DOES EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S TRUE THAT ANNUAL CICADAS ALSO KNOWN AS DOG DAYS TURN UP EVERY JULY OR AUGUST.

JUST TO REMIND US THAT SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF STICKING HOLD A HEARING THE CASE.

OKAY.

>> THERE LIKE RECLUSIVE ROCK THE DISAPPEAR UNDERGROUND FOR LIVING OFF OF AND THEN EMERGE TOPSIDE LOADS MEDIA HYPE.

EVEN HAVE THE BLOOD SHOT EYES TO COMPLETE THE LOOK.

>> THESE PERIODICAL CICADAS ARE EVERYTHING TO 15 DIFFERENT.

SCATTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. EACH ROUTE HAS A DIFFERENT ALARM.

CLOCK STARTS SET EITHER A 13 YEAR FOR 17 YEAR CYCLE.

>> WHEN THE ALARM GOES ENTIRE BUST OUT OF HIDING SO THEY CAN HURRY UP AND MAKE DIE.

>> SO WHAT'S THE BUZZ IN 2024?

THIS SPRING, 2 DIFFERENT GREEN ARE GETTING THEIR WAKE-UP CALL THE SAME TIME, A 13 YEAR THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WILL MAKE THEIR FIRST JOINT APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN 200 THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WASN'T EVEN A STATE.

>> BEFORE PICTURES, SKIES THAT DON'T REALLY OVER THE LAST AND PLACES WHERE THE GROUND BEEN DISTURBED A LOT OVER THE LIKE CHICAGO WILL MISS OUT MOST OF THE FUN.

>> AND BY FUNDING LAWNS AND TREES BLANKETED CICADAS SCREENING THE TOPS OF THEIR >> ACTUALLY, ALL THAT NOISE COMES FROM MALE CICADAS DOING A SERIOUS POOR WORK OUT.

THEY HAVE A SPECIAL BODY PART THAT THEY VIBRATE BY CONTRACT AND TINY MUSCLES 100 TIMES A SECOND.

THEN THEY KNEW THERE HAD DRINKING AT THE LAWN LEVEL AND THE DECIBEL >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS.

HERE'S WHAT WRECKAGE IS.

THE MATING SONG AND YOU LADIES CICADAS, DIG ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.

AND THE NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, A NEW GENERATION OF DISPATCHES OR UNDERGROUND IN POLLS LIKE A STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> CNN 2041.

>> WENY 41 TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND THE SUBURBS ARE SEEING AND HEARING A PRETTY HEALTHY CICADA EMERGENCE.

HERE ARE SOME FROM A NORTH SUBURBAN BACKYARD.

NO, IT'S NOT.

MINE, BUT CHICAGOANS ARE AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM AND SOME DEVELOPED A SERIOUS CASE OF FOMO.

FEAR OF MISSING OUT.

SORRY, CHICAGOANS TO READ MORE ABOUT WHY THE CICADAS ARE FEUER AND FURTHER APART WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

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AND A LANDMARK STUDY AIMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CANCER RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES FOR BLACK WOMEN.

AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE CHICAGOANS MISSING OUT ON THE CICADA FUN RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN CATCH SOME LARGER THAN LIFE.

CICADA SCULPTURES INVADING RAVENSWOOD MANOR PARK.

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

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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