During last week’s Pre-Council meeting, City Manager Jim Caparelli briefly discussed the status of the Joliet 2030 Comprehensive Plan. You have never heard of it? That’s probably because, to date, it only exists on paper as an idea not a concrete plan.
While the City of Joliet has establishments that allow gaming, residents in nearby Bolingbrook last year voted against a referendum asking if they supported businesses having video gambling.
Capital projects for this year include street resurfacing, repair, reconstruction, and landscaping, bridge repair, a new ladder truck for the Fire Department, redevelopment of Century Park and Lake Strini, new trails, construction of the Aquatic Center and Romeo Crossing Park, watermain replacements, and well #14 improvements.
The Plainfield Village Board Monday adopted an ordinance authorizing the giveaway of the private activity bonding authority to the Will Kankakee Regional Development Authority (WKRDA). This action comes because of the village’s need to reserve their allocations prior to May 1 or lose the bonding.
In 2021 alone, legalization states generated more than $3.7 billion in cannabis tax revenue from adult-use sales, which is a 34% increase in revenue compared to 2020. As of March 2022, states reported a combined total of $11.2 billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington state.
According to a report by the Brookings Institution, a national pre-filled tax return program could save taxpayers $2 billion in fees and 225 million hours of time each year.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Black News Channel, which launched just before the pandemic, has ceased operations.
The newspaper said that the Tallahassee, Fla.-based outlet, whose majority stakeholder is Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, failed to meet payroll on Friday after telling employees that paychecks would be delayed.
The president highlighted the 6.6 million jobs added to the U.S. economy in the year since he took office. “It comes alongside the largest drop in the unemployment rate in a single year on record, the largest reduction in childhood poverty ever recorded in a single year, and the strongest economic growth this country has seen in nearly 40 years,” President Biden asserted.
On May 1, the federal pause on student loan repayments is set to expire. One of President Joe Biden's first executive actions exercised his authority granted in the Higher Education Act. As the end of the extension nears, an estimated 44 million student loan borrowers and their collective $1.6 trillion debt will soon be affected. But a broad and diverse national coalition of more than 140 advocates is urging Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to take a further step: cancel student debt mired in its varied income driven repayment (IDR) programs. Black borrowers are a vocal part of the effort to eliminate the unsustainable financial burden.
Hulu's documentary "Black Twitter: A People's History" explores the cultural impact of Black Twitter, a vibrant subculture that has transformed the social media landscape and shaped discourse and challenged norms on the platform.
