MAGGIE DOUGHERTY
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Data centers emerging as key issue in Illinois governor’s race (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - When Gov. JB Pritzker signed tax incentives for data centers into law in his first year as governor in 2019, Republicans and Democrats celebrated the plan as an economic driver. “In today’s world, data centers are as critical a part of our infrastructure as our roads, trains and schools,” Pritzker said in October 2019. “With the legislation I signed into law, we are welcoming a surge of economic development, labor income, and good union jobs to Illinoi
Report: New data centers could create more than 120K Illinois jobs, though mostly temporary (opens the original)
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A new study predicts data centers expected to be built in Illinois over the next decade would create thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in new property tax revenue. But many are skeptical the touted benefits will live up to their promises or outweigh the environmental and energy burdens. The study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute projected that $57 billion worth of new data center investments through 2035 will create 121,000 jobs. Most of those would be temporary construction and
Not 'one more cent': Chicago-area elected officials rally against Peoples Gas rate hike proposal (opens the original)
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CHICAGO -- Dozens of elected officials penned a letter Tuesday urging state regulators to reject Peoples Gas' $144 million rate hike request and reform the company's pipeline retirement program. Several officials joined utility watchdogs at a news conference at Chicago City Hall announcing the letter. "If a company is delivering a service to us, we should pay for it," Ald. Maria Hadden said. "But when is enough enough? ... This will be the eighth year in a row that they're making record profits.
Illinois’ 8 interstate visitor information centers to close at month’s end (opens the original)
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CHICAGO — Illinois’ eight state-run visitor information centers, located within rest areas at interstates around the state, will be closing by the end of the month. “The role of the State’s visitor information centers has evolved significantly over the past couple of decades as the ways visitors plan and access travel information have changed,” the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity told Capitol News Illinois in a statement. “For example, the centers used to provided servic
15 residents filed complaints against Homeland Security for Midway Blitz harms (opens the original)
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CHICAGO — Fifteen U.S. citizens and legal residents alleging excessive force, wrongful detainment and other harms at the hands of federal immigration agents during last year’s Operation Midway Blitz have taken the first step to sue the Department of Homeland Security, their attorneys announced Thursday. “Those masked federal agents used our citizens, our clients, as punching bags,” said attorney Antonio Romanucci. “We are holding ICE accountable for the rights that federal agents violated here i
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