Border patrol returns, tensions rise

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : She pledges to protect Head Start and early childhood programs, make college affordable by capping student loan interest and expand tuition-free community college and trade training nationwide.
60% : IL-09: AIPAC head hosts fundraiser for Laura Fine: The state senator who's running for Congress has distanced herself from the Israel lobby, but AIPAC donors are pouring funding into her Illinois congressional campaign, by the Intercept's Akela Lacy and Jonah Valdez. -- Also in IL-09:
58% : Bushra Amiwala has been endorsed by Skokie Trustees Lissa Levy, Jim Iverson and Gail Schechter for the March Democratic primary. --
55% : " Timothy Thomas: "The Electoral College process used to elect the U.S. president.
53% : Aldermen turn to bag tax, ads on bridge houses to try to balance budget: "The opposition spending plan -- a stunning effort by aldermen to outmuscle Johnson and end Chicago's tense budget negotiations -- advanced in the City Council's Finance Committee in a 22-13 vote," by the Tribune's Jake Sheridan and A.D. Quig.
50% : Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino resurfaced across Chicago and the suburbs Tuesday, leading a renewed show of force by federal immigration agents that triggered confrontations, viral videos and political blowback -- particularly in Chicago's Little Village, where Bovino last clashed with residents before abruptly leaving town in November.
50% : " Lucas Hawley: "How the property tax eco system actually works vs how politicians and the media say it does." Carlos Jaramillo: "Tax Increment Financing, or TIFS, are always a hot topic.
46% : The plan also avoids statewide tax increases, instead redirecting existing revenue -- chiefly sales taxes on motor fuel -- from road construction to transit operations.
43% : Hours later, his administration was grappling with a sobering report warning Illinois may not have enough electricity to meet soaring demand -- and that the state's clean energy transition is falling behind schedule.
43% : At the same time, older power plants -- particularly coal -- are retiring, while new clean energy sources are not coming online fast enough.
42% : Workers say hospitals that are already stretched thin will feel the consequences," by the Sun-Times' Mitchell Armentrout. -- Illinois leaders 'won't back down' following Trump's order limiting AI regulation: "Illinois has at least a half dozen laws regulating potentially harmful aspects of artificial intelligence," by Capitol News' Maggie Dougherty. -- State vaccine committee votes to keep recommending hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, by the Sun-Times' Elvia Malagón -- State health agency issues first-ever report on alcohol use in Illinois:
18% : He noted that the committee restored funding for youth employment and removed a proposal to double the garbage tax, but he criticized City Council members for replacing a tax on large corporations with more than $90 million in projected "enhanced debt collections" from residents.

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