CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawmakers set to pass budget Republicans — with Rauner’s OK — call ‘balanced’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-poised-to-pass-budget-that-even-gov-rauner-calls-balanced/
— Appellate court in Chicago won’t throw out ex-Rep. Aaron Schock’s indictment – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/appellate-court-in-chicago-wont-throw-out-ex-rep-aaron-schocks-indictment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at young people and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-young-people-say-politicians-care-what-they-think-poll/
— Illinois House sends governor bill raising teacher salaries – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/illinois-house-sends-governor-bill-raising-teacher-salaries/
— Lawmakers OK graduate research assistant unions – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/lawmakers-ok-graduate-research-assistant-unions/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Appeals court refuses to toss Aaron Schock charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-aaron-schock-ruling-20180530-story.html
— Roseanne Barr blames Ambien for tweet, drug maker says ‘racism is not a known side effect’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-roseanne-barr-racist-tweet-20180530-story.html
— ‘Two Evanstons’: As Starbucks workers get sensitivity training, city looks at local racial divide – Brian L. Cox
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-met-evanston-racial-bias-talk-20180530-story.html
— Trump Tower sign invisible in marketing brochure — and the web takes notice – Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-sign-missing-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump uses Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-roseanne-abc-jarrett-trump-0531-20180530-story.html
— Tom Cullerton passes measure to increase budget transparency
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-passes-measure-to-increase-budg-2018-05-30-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Festivals: Taste of Wheaton, Rose Festival, cruise nights, beer fests & more (DIERSEN: Please visit the Milton Township Republican Central Committee booth at the Taste of Wheaton Saturday, June 2.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180530/festivals-taste-of-wheaton-rose-festival-cruise-nights-beer-fests–more
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois budget deal seems set—but votes await – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539983/illinois-budget-deal-seems-set-but-votes-await
— Wall Street watching as state staggers toward budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180529/BLOGS02/180529892/wall-street-watching-as-state-staggers-toward-budget
— Chicago attracting more young, well-off residents – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539986/chicago-attracting-more-young-well-off-residents
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you think you’ve been seeing a lot more bright young people living in Chicago lately, you have. Between 2010 and 2016, the city of Chicago gained more households in a key category—total income of more than $100,000 with the head of household under age 45—than any city in the country except for far larger New York, according to newly analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data. Specifically, the number of such households here grew from just under 105,000 to an estimated 131,000, according to the American Community Survey data. That increase of 26,000 led Houston (24,000), San Francisco (23,000), Washington, D.C. (19,000) and Los Angeles (16,000). And while on a percentage basis that demographic grew faster in San Francisco than in Chicago (57 percent versus 27 percent), the Windy City outpaced cities such as Houston and L.A. and tied red-hot Denver.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate OKs temporarily taking guns from dangerous people – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180530/illinois-senate-oks-temporarily-taking-guns-from-dangerous-people
NPR ILLINOIS
— State Lawmakers Approve Gun Restraining Orders – SAM DUNKLAU
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-lawmakers-approve-gun-restraining-orders#stream/0
WAND TV
— Teacher salary bill passes House, moves to governor (DIERSEN: What if schools were like the federal government? What if schools got rid of their non-veteran White male teachers who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38306098/new-bill-would-raise-minimum-teacher-salary
WHEATON PATCH
— Why DuPage County Jail Is Giving Tablets To Inmates The sheriff hopes the project will help inmates pass time and learn new things while incarcerated. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/why-dupage-county-jail-giving-tablets-inmates
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Five DuPage House Republicans (Durkin, Breen, Olsen, Winger, and Bellock) join Democrats to back local gun store ban
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511435266-five-dupage-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-back-local-gun-store-ban
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 72-Hour Waiting Period Bill Passed – Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/72-hour-waiting-period-bill-passed-roll-calls/
— McConnaughay Bill Allows Police Nationwide Ongoing, Real-Time Notifications about Perp’s Run-ins with Police
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/mcconnaughay-bill-allows-police-nationwide-ongoing-real-time-notifications-perps-run-ins-police/
— Lakewood President Paul Serwatka Accomplished What He Promised
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/lakewood-president-paul-serwatka-accomplished-promised/
— Ex-Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller’s Wife Anna May Miller’s Time Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/anna-may-millers-time-card/
— View of Budget from Illinois Environmental Council
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/view-budget-illinois-environmental-council/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ABORTION LOBBY ATTACKS PROLIFE LAWMAKERS’ EFFORT TO STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/abortion-lobby-attacks-prolife-lawmakers-effort-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— GROWING NUMBER OF ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS JOIN GUN CONTROL EFFORTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/growing-number-of-illinois-republican-lawmakers-join-gun-control-efforts.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Ives to attend tomorrow’s press conference about “leading lawmaker” who is “longtime abuser”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/ives-to-attend-tomorrows-press-conference-about-leading-lawmaker-who-is-longtime-abuser/
— Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-West Dundee, cites “Red Dawn” as reason to oppose gun dealer licensing bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/legislator-cites-red-dawn-as-reason-to-oppose-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/
— Rauner considers budget deal “balanced”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/report-rauner-considers-budget-deal-balanced/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Ingraham Angle’ Highlights Passages From Starbucks’ Racial Bias Handbook
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/30/ingraham-angle-highlights-passages-starbucks-racial-bias-handbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Laura Ingraham highlighted some of the passages in the racial bias handbook handed out to employees in the training sessions. She said a Starbucks employee she spoke to on Tuesday pointed out that several black and Hispanic workers were “laughing through the book.” The book lays out so-called “Ground Rules,” including “honor[ing] other people’s truth.” Another section of the manual asked employees to recall when they first noticed their racial identity. Another asked employees about going “to work with your natural hair.” Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell said the training sessions are all about protecting Starbucks’ bottom line, since some African-Americans vowed to boycott Starbucks after the April arrests. Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins said he appreciates what the company did, arguing “far too often in this country we’re afraid to talk about race.”)
— Weak parties = More partisanship – Chris Stirewalt |
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/weak-parties-more-partisanship.html
BREITBART
— Kevin McCarthy: GOP ‘Very Close’ to Immigration Deal – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/30/gop-mccarthy-very-close-immigration-deal/
— Michaela Angela Davis: All Trump Voters Are Racist – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/30/michaela-angela-davis/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana: Big Tobacco 2.0 – J. J. MCCULLOUGH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/marijuana-like-big-tobacco-predatory-industry/
THE HILL
— Trump accuses ABC of double standard on ‘Roseanne’ cancellation – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/389887-trump-hits-abc-for-double-standard-on-roseanne-cancellation
CNBC
— Silicon Valley is stumped: Even A.I. cannot always remove bias from hiring AI software to eliminate the prejudice of human hiring managers has produced encouraging early results at corporations. But tech executives with experience at Google, Microsoft and Facebook say the algorithmic revolution in hiring is moving too fast. Algorithm auditing firms want to see the code; public policy experts want to press governments to force the algorithms into the open before it’s too late, they say. – Eric Rosenbaum (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers talk and/or act like they only want to hire, retain, and promote those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/silicon-valley-is-stumped-even-a-i-cannot-remove-bias-from-hiring.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal Reserve votes to ease rule aimed at preventing big banks from making risky financial bets – Renae Merle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/wall-street-is-about-to-snag-one-of-its-biggest-victories-of-the-trump-era/
— Walmart to offer employees a college education for $1 a day – Abha Bhattarai (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/walmart-to-offer-employees-a-college-education-for-1-a-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, announced Wednesday that it will pay for its workers to go back to school — as long as they get degrees in business or supply-chain management. The retailer is partnering with three universities to offer associate’s and bachelor’s degrees to 1.4 million part-time, full-time and salaried Walmart and Sam’s Club employees — a pitch to improve employee retention rates and engagement at work, while also drawing new workers. Walmart will cover the costs of tuition, books and fees, while employees will be required to pay $1 a day for the duration of their studies. “We know there [are] a lot of benefits from a business perspective,” Drew Holler, vice president of people innovation for Walmart U.S., said on a call with reporters. “We know we’re going to see an influx of applications.” Degrees will be offered by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Brandman University in Irvine, Calif., and Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb., all nonprofit institutions with online programs for working adults. Rachel Carlson, chief executive of Guild Education, a Denver-based company that will oversee the program, pointed out that the program allows employees to earn a degree without amassing college debt.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Trump Saving the Blue States? Tax reform #andGorsuch could rescue even Illinois and New Jersey. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-trump-saving-the-blue-states-1527715587
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Trump Moves to Curb Federal Employee Labor Protections – KALENA THOMHAVE (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://prospect.org/article/trump-moves-curb-federal-employee-labor-protections
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The Illinois House has approved a 72-hour waiting period for delivery of all guns after purchase.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-05-30/the-latest-house-approves-expanded-72-hour-wait-for-guns
— What Happens if We All Run Out of Money for Retirement? Start saving now to stay prepared for a looming retirement crisis. – Geoff Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who rather than saving for their retirement, purposely plan on going on welfare when they get old?)
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/articles/2018-05-30/what-happens-if-we-all-run-out-of-money-for-retirement
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The White House Is Not Complying With Inquiries From Government’s Top Watchdog GAO – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/05/white-house-not-complying-inquiries-governments-top-watchdog/148602/
