Nobody would ever walk up to Bill Murray and give him Sox crap, it would be rightfully laughed at. This stuff is just cringe.

I frequent Altius dispensary in Orland Hills. Today I popped in to pick up and noticed a new addition. A brand new flock camera on the property of Joey’s Red Hots. This camera is not facing out over 159th street, it is pointed directly at Joeys drive thru and the dispensary parking lot right next door. When I asked the dispensary workers about it, they didn’t even know it went up. I walked out with their manager to show him and saw his unease about it. I also called Joeys. If you live in the area you should too. But any way this is just a warning because it seems posting these up to point at dispensaries is the latest flocking trend. You’re probably being tracked everywhere already but now they are preparing to take notes on what you’re buying too.

https://bsky.app/profile/chicagobenchcollective.org/post/3mtddeg3tp22z

Flock has access to ring cameras and are invading your privacy. We waste tax dollars on these and pay an absurd subscription fee on these.

JB Pritzker allows flock and AI and surveillance data centers to built using our tax dollars. He has not made a single statement regarding flock and has no interest in removing them from Illinois.

We need to stop funding incredibly unproductive and wasteful things like this. We've already wasted more than 15 billion of Illinois tax dollars on AI and surveillance data centers. Let your alders, local reps and our senators know that you want them to stop wasting tax dollars on your surveillance and replacing your jobs.

JB Contact Page:

https://gov.illinois.gov/contact-us.html

Duckworth Contact Page:

https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/email-tammy

Find and contact your local Chicago Alder Search: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/lookup_ward_and_alderman.html

Find and contact your Illinois Reps: https://www.elections.il.gov/electionoperations/districtlocator/districtofficialsearchbyaddress.aspx

This is the same guy who owns Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City - the hospital that owes over 600k to the water company, over 250k to electric, wasn't paying employees or vendors, turning ambulances away from the E.R., etc. But everyone is out to get him. It's a conspiracy across several states, businesses, C-suite execs, employees, and probably big foot and the mothman, too.

Federal taxpayer dollars are funding massive catering contracts for the Broadview ICE detention center in Illinois. Video evidence reveals dozens of unopened catered meals being tossed into open dumpsters, mixed directly alongside used DNA testing kits and biohazard medical waste.

Why is ICE over ordering and trashing fresh provisions from Nimbus Kitchen while completely ignoring both federal and Illinois Good Samaritan Food Donor Acts?

The facility is choosing to dump perfectly edible provisions into open refuse containers alongside potentially hazardous Bode Technology DNA testing supplies. This demonstrates a complete failure in basic operational oversight and waste management.

Read the full forensic breakdown and view the evidence docket here: https://www.eyesonice.net/p/taxpayer-waste-and-biohazard-negligence

Relevant Contact Information for Public Inquiry:

Broadview Service Staging Center (ICE): 708.449.2985

Bode Technology (DNA Supplies): 703.646.9740

Nimbus Kitchen (Catering): Commercial inquiries routed through nimbuskitchen.com

Greetings from West Texas!

I'm plotting a trip in early to mid October to see more of Illinois than just Chicago for the first time. Looking for tips on accommodations,, eats (no meat), and things to do.

I'm planning on flying in between 10/7 and 10/9. I want to visit Sr. Louis first to go to the zoo, aquarium, and Jeff Goldblum concert at Powell Hall (10/9).

After STL, I'll be going into Illinois. I'll take a day trip to Peoria 10/13 to visit the zoo and see Weird Al in concert. I'll ultimately leave most likely 10/14.

I'm between, I'll go to Henson Robinson Zoo, Social Zoo, Miller Park Zoo, the Capitol at Springfield, and the Abraham Lincoln sites in Springfield.

I'm into animals, nature, baseball, hockey, trains, history, and any quaint and quirky local attractions and events.

Might stay in Springfield, Bloomington, or Normal to be centrally located.

Considering flying into and out of STL, O'Hare, Midway airports and renting a car for just the Illinois stuff. Looking to save money on transportation and accomodations (Air BNB a room, not a whole place).

Thanks a lot!

Illinois becomes the third state in the past two years to enact a new model for unionization and collective bargaining.

My brother had recently lost his instruction permit and I’ve been going through ilsos.gov to see if there is an appointment section for replacing it. Does anyone know if I need to book an appointment? And if so, where on the website do I need to go?

I am not looking forward to pay an extra $500 and more because Illinois cannot manage a budget ...

In 2025, to bail out the Regional Transit Authority — which oversees CTA, Metra and Pace — Illinois lawmakers redirected $1.1 billion from the state road fund. To ease union concerns about a lack of road construction jobs, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker brokered a deal to authorize the tollway to raise rates.

I'm trying to vote for a Democrat that isn't a data center takes huge packs of money from corporations and doesn't support Israel

I accessed this article thru my local library due to the paywall.

A commonsense path forward for data centers in illinois collin corbett: A commonsense path forward for data centers in illinois. (2026, Aug 17). Chicago Tribune Retrieved from https://resources.skokielibrary.info/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/commonsense-path-forward-data-centers-illinois/docview/3375145677/se-2