>> 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