>>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> SOMETHING THAT WAS BANNED 45 YEARS AGO.

>> FAMILIES IN NEARLY HALF A MILLION SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY HOMES MAY BE AT RISK FOR HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF LEAD BASED PAINT.

WE INVESTIGATE.

>>> 100-PLUS POLICE OFFICERS REMAIN ON THE JOB DESPITE MAKING FALSE REPORTS.

THE CITY'S WATCHDOG JOINS US TO EXPLAIN HER LATEST REPORT.

>>> LAWMAKERS ARE SET TO GET A RAISE.

WHAT ELSE IS IN THE NEW STATE BUDGET?

>>> A BILL AT CLOSING LOOPHOLES IN PROPERTY TAX BILLS IS HEADED FOR THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

>>> AND MUSIC, FASHION, AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS AT THE HEART OF AN EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

>>> NOW OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT, TOXIC LEAD-BASED PAINT WAS OUTLAWED IN 1978 BUT THE THREAT OF POISONING STILL PERSISTS.

LAST MONTH WE REPORTED ON THE PROBLEM WHICH CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRMED IS PRESENT IN THE MAJORITY OF CHICAGO HOMES.

TONIGHT WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY, WHERE OFFICIALS THERE SAY AS MANY AS HALF 1 MILLION HOMES HAVE LEAD PAINT HAZARDS THAT PRESENTS ENORMOUS HEALTH THREATS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

ONE MOTHER SAYS HER KIDS WERE POISONED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT LET UP SINCE.

>> Reporter: NINE-YEAR-OLD MARSHALL SONTAG IS READY FOR SUMMER.

NEXT YEAR HE'LL BE ENTERING A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HIS MOTHER KAYLIN WORRIES ABOUT WHETHER THE SCHOOL CAN OFFER AN ADEQUATE, INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN.

SHE SAYS MARSHALL HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD AND A MOOD DISORDER WHICH MAKES BEING IN THE CLASSROOM VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

>> HE GETS VERY FRUSTRATED AND HE LACKS EMOTIONAL CONTROL.

VERY MUCH GOES FROM ZERO TO 100 AT THE DROP OF A HAT.

>> Reporter: MARSHALL WAS POISONED BY LEAD SEVEN YEARS AGO.

METAL EXPERTS CONSIDER ANY BLOOD LEVEL ABOVE FIVE DECIGRAMS PER MICROLITER OF BLOOD TO BE HAZARDOUS.

DURING A ROUTINE PEDIATRIC APPOINTMENT WHEN HE WAS TWO, DOCTORS MEASURED MARSHALL'S LEVEL AT 59.

X-RAYS SHOWED THAT MARSHALL HAD INGESTED PAINT CHIPS.

COOK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS WERE SENT TO HIS FAMILY'S APARTMENT IN BERWYN AND FOUND A PEELING PAINT ON WINDOWSILLS, AND HAZARDS ALL OVER.

>> I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE PAYING SOMEONE TO POISON MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: IT WAS THE SECOND TIME INSPECTORS HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE APARTMENT.

A YEAR EARLIER SONTAG'S MIDDLE SON, JACKSON, WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BLOOD LEAD LEVEL OF 29.

SONTAG SAYS THEY TOLD HER THE EXPOSURE WAS LIKELY FROM HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS, NOT PAINT.

WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACE MARSHALL'S PROBLEMS TO ONE CAUSE, MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE LONG WARNED LEAD EXPOSURE IN CHILDREN IS LINKED TO IRREVERSIBLE BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE ISSUES.

MUCH LIKE CHICAGO, LED PAINT HAZARDS ARE COMMON IN THE INNER RING SUBURBS, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF HOMES WERE BUILT BEFORE 1978.

>> WHEN THAT PAINT CRACKS IT CREATES DUST AND IT ONLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF DUST TO EXPOSE A CHILD, AND THAT EXPOSURE CAN IMPACT THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

>> Reporter: SONTAG SAYS SHE MOVED HER FAMILY OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT AFTER MARSHALL'S DIAGNOSIS.

COUNTY RECORDS SHOW THE LANDLORD PATRICIA GROSS WAS WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES TO ABATE THE PROBLEMS.

RECORDS SHOW GROSS MOVED TO EVICT THE FAMILY FOR FAILING TO PAY RENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY NO LONGER LIVED THERE.

WE TRIED CALLING GROWTH AND VISITING THE BUILDING BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.

IT IS UNCLEAR FROM COUNTY RECORDS WHETHER OR NOT THE LEAD HAZARD WAS EVER REMOVED.

>> WORKING WITH A LANDLORD WHO DOESN'T WANT TO MITIGATE CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.

>> Reporter: DEANNA DIRECTIVE IS COOK COUNTY'S DIRECTOR OF LEAD POISONING PREVENTION.

SHE SAYS THE COUNTY WORKS WITH LANDLORDS TO MITIGATE LEAD PAINT PROBLEMS BUT THOSE WHO FAIL TO COMPLY OUR TAKEN TO COURT AND CHARGED FINDS.

THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT INVESTIGATED 179 UNITS LAST YEAR WHERE CHILDREN WERE FOUND WITH ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS IN THEIR BLOOD.

APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THOSE UNITS HAD LED PAINT HAZARDS AND ONLY 30% OF THOSE ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> WE KNOW THAT LEAD EXPOSURE IS PREVENTABLE.

WE KNOW THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE LEAD HAZARDS BEFORE THE CHILDREN WE WOULD PROTECT THEM FROM A LIFETIME OF NEGATIVE IMPACT.

>> Reporter: UNLIKE THE CITY OF CHICAGO, THE RICA SAYS SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM TO PROACTIVELY SCREEN APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN HIGH RISK AREAS AND EVEN FOOT THE BILL TO MITIGATE THE HAZARDS.

BUT SONTAG SAYS RAISING AWARENESS IS STILL AN ISSUE.

>> PEOPLE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISSUE IS STILL VERY MUCH GOING ON.

THEY THINK IT WAS BANNED 45 YEARS AGO.

MY CHILDREN WERE POISONED BY SOMETHING THAT WAS BANNED 45 YEARS AGO.

>> COOK COUNTY HAS A WEBSITE CALLED LEADFREE COOK COUNTY.COM FOR ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS CONTAINING LEAD PAINT.

YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE OR YOU CAN ALSO VIEW OUR STORIES ON THE LEAD PAINT CRISIS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>>> PLENTY OF ATTENTION ON THE THREATS POSED BY LEAD WATER PIPES.

CHICAGO HEALTH COMMISSIONER DR. ALLISON ARWADY SAID PAINT IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE LEAD POISONING THREAT FOR CHILDREN.

>> NOW TO SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>>> IT WAS THE DEADLIEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SINCE 2015.

53 PEOPLE WERE SHOT ACROSS CHICAGO, INCLUDING A PAIR OF TODDLERS.

CHICAGO POLICE SAY 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, ONE OF THEM FATALLY STABBED.

THE VIOLENCE COMES IN SPITE OF NEW MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S ANTI-VIOLENCE EFFORTS AND AN INFUSION OF CASH TO NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND 30 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS SENT BY THE GOVERNOR.

FORMER CANDIDATE JAME OLD GREEN IS CALLING ON THE CITY TO SPEND $400 MILLION TO HELP CURB VIOLENCE AND VOTE AGAINST FUNDING FOR THE MIGRANTS.

>> WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY SAFER BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SLAM POLITICIANS WAITING ON A HOLIDAY AND SAYING WE GAVE A FEW MILLION DOLLARS TO A FEW FOLKS, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING BUT WE ARE NOT.

LET'S GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

LET'S MAKE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS.

WE CAN DO THIS.

LET'S DO THIS.

CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR JOHNSON.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS ARE RECONSIDERING VARIOUS SUMMER FESTIVALS IN THE WAKE OF DISRUPTION BY GROUPS OF UNRULY TEENAGERS.

RIDGE FEST IN JULY HAS BEEN CANCELED BY THE VILLAGE BOARD AS OF, QUOTE, SAFETY CONCERNS DISAPPOINTING FANS OF CONTROVERSIAL ROCKER TED NUGENT.

THE PARK CANCELED THE FINAL DAY OF ITS ARMED FORCES WEEKEND CARNIVAL AFTER POLICE SAY A FLASH MOB OF 400 TEENAGERS SHOWED UP AT THE WEEKEND FESTIVAL SATURDAY AND STARTED FIGHTS.

PARK FEST CARNIVAL IN THE TOY MOST HOLY REDEEMER PARISH FESTIVAL WERE ALSO CANCELED.

THE ANNUAL RIB FEST WILL HAPPEN IN JULY BUT MAJOR SECURITY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE INCLUDING ADDING WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND IMPLEMENTING BAG CHECKS.

>>> DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT WAS SPOTTED IN ARLINGTON PARK.

THE FORMER RACETRACK THAT THE CHICAGO MAYOR BEARS PURCHASED.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS OFFICIALS APPROVED A PERMIT FOR INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF THE SIX-STORY GRANDSTAND AND THE ADJACENT TWO-STORY OFFICE AND JOCKEY BUILDING LAST WEEK.

PERMITS ARE STILL PENDING FOR DEMOLITION ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE FORMER RACETRACK STRUCTURE.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS VILLAGE WARNED OF INCREASED TRAFFIC AROUND THE AREA AND AN EXPECTED 20 TO 30 TRUCKS WILL BE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SITE EACH DAY.

>>> PERMANENT OUTDOOR DINING IN CHICAGO IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVED A MEASURE TO EXPAND ALFRESCO DINING PERMANENTLY AS LONG AS THE BOARD'S OLDER PERSON SUPPORTS THE RESTAURANT OUTDOOR PERMIT APPLICATION.

TAVERNS AND BARS CAN ALSO APPLY BUT WOULD NEED TO PARTNER WITH A RESTAURANT TO FEED CUSTOMERS.

EXPANDED OUTDOOR DINING LAUNCHED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO HELP RESTAURANTS STAY AFLOAT.

THE PROPOSAL HAD SUITABLE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE TOMORROW.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT'S IN THE NEW STATE BUDGET?

>>> FIRST, CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL'S LATEST REPORT ON CITY POLICE OFFICERS.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- >>> POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE FOUND TO HAVE LIED ON THE JOB OR OMITTED CRUCIAL INFORMATION ARE TYPICALLY SUPPOSED TO LOSE THEIR BADGE, BUT A NEW AUDIT BY THE CITY'S INSPECTOR GENERAL SHOWED THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALLOWED MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS WHO HAVE FILED FALSE REPORTS TO STAY ON THE JOB.

SOME WERE EVEN PROMOTED AFTER BEING FOUND TO HAVE LIED.

THE IG REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDS CHANGES ON HOW DISHONEST OFFICERS ARE IS A BLEND AND HERE WITH MORE ON THE FINDINGS IS CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL DEBORAH WISMER.

WELCOME TO CHICAGO TODAY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

FIRST OF ALL AT ISSUE HERE IS ROOM 14.

EXPLAINED TO US FOR THE LAYPERSON WHAT RULE 14 IS.

>> IT IS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RULE OF CONDUCT WHICH PROHIBITS FALSE REPORTS.

IT PROHIBITS LYING.

SO THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT RULE STANDS BETWEEN US AND A WORLD IN WHICH POLICE OFFICERS GET AWAY WITH LYING.

>> I REMEMBER RULE 14 DURING THE LAQUAN McDONALD SITUATION POPPED UP A LOT.

OFFICERS AT THE CLIMB WERE ABLE TO MAKE STATEMENTS, VIEW VIDEO AND THEN CHANGE THEIR STATEMENTS.

HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHETHER AN OFFICER HAS INDEED VIOLATED RULE 14?

>> IT'S A HIGH STANDARD TO PROVE A VIOLATION OF THE RULE AND ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THE UNION AGREEMENT BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY, IN ORDER FOR A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE VIOLATED RULE 14, THEY MUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WAS FALSE, WILLFUL AND MATERIAL.

>> YOUR REPORTS AND FOUND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY EMPLOYS A MINIMUM OF 110 OFFICERS THAT VIOLATED RULE 14.

WHY ARE THEY STILL ON THE JOB?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE SET OUT TO LOOK AT, THIS INQUIRY WAS REALLY ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH ROOM 14 IS EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED.

WE STARTED BY THINKING ABOUT WHAT EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE AND THAT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO WHETHER VIOLATIONS OF RULE 14 ARE APPROPRIATELY PURSUED, PUNISHED, AND PUBLISHED.

>> AND YOU FIND IN THESE 110 CASES, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF IT, SOME OF THEM WEREN'T PURSUED, SOME OF THEM JUST ESCAPED PUNISHMENT.

AS YOU FOUND, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY WERE PROMOTED.

>> MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE, ALL OF THOSE ARE ONES AGAINST WHOM RULE 14 VIOLATIONS WERE EVENTUALLY SUSTAINED, BUT THEY WERE NOT FIRED.

THEY WERE NOT SEPARATED FROM THEIR JOB.

>> BUT LEGALLY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> THEY SHOULD BE, AND IN FACT, ALL OF THE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE CHICAGO POLICE ACCOUNT ABILITY SYSTEM, THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COBRA AND THE POLICE FORCE AT ALL MADE STATEMENTS OF THEIR BELIEF THAT THE FIRING IS THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING REPORTING.

>> YOU FOUND POLICE MISCONDUCT AND THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, THERE'S A CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, COBRA, AND THERE'S A POLICE BOARD.

YOU RECOMMENDED FIRING EVERY OFFICER THAT YOU TALKED TO AND VIOLATED RULE 14, AND THEY ACTUALLY DO THAT.

>> THEY CAN, AND WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO EACH OF THESE AGENCIES TO DO THEIR PART, TO WALK THE WALK ON THE STATEMENTS THEY HAVE MADE.

FOR BIA AND COBRA TO RECOMMEND A SEPARATION WHEN THEY PURSUE 14 VIOLATIONS AND FOR THE POLICE BOARD TO UPHOLD THAT VIOLATION.

>> IS THERE ANY REASON THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT GAVE YOU FOR NOT UPHOLDING THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FOUND BY THE POLICE BOARD TO HAVE BEEN ACTUAL VIOLATIONS?

>> WE PUBLISHED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES WITH OUR REPORT SO IT'S ALL THERE.

THEY APPROPRIATELY KNOW EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT AND EFFECTIVE EACH CASE ARE DIFFERENT BUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF RULE 14 AND THE APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING IT CANNOT VERY.

WE CANNOT SEND THE MESSAGE THAT SOME LIVES MATTER AND OTHERS DON'T.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE BODIES, COBRA, SO ON AND SO FORTH?

>> THE TOP LINE RECOMMENDATION IS THEY PURSUE SEPARATION EVERY MEMBER THEY FIND IT TO HAVE VIOLATED RULE 14 .

THEN WE MAKE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND ADJUSTING PRACTICES TO GET TO THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULE.

>> AND IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT CPD -- YOU SAID THERE STATEMENT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT.

HAVE THEY SIGNALED A WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY?

>> THEY SIGNALED SOME WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOMMENDED IS IF THERE ARE IN FACT MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE JOB, WHO VIOLATED RULE 14, THAT THEY BE REMOVED FROM ANY ASSIGNMENT, WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE THEM TO WRITE REPORTS AND TESTIFY IN COURT, WHICH THEY CAN'T MEANINGFULLY DO ONCE THEY VIOLATED THE RULE.

THE DEPARTMENT AGREED TO REVIEW THOSE ASSIGNMENTS ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT COMMIT TO TAKING ANYONE OUT OF THOSE ASSIGNMENTS.

>> ON A MACRO LEVEL, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO HAVE THESE OFFICERS KEEP THEIR JOBS, TO IN MANY INSTANCES BEYOND THE STREET WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE EITHER MADE FALSE STATEMENTS OR LIED?

>> IT HAS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ECOSYSTEM.

THOSE OFFICERS CANNOT TESTIFY IN COURTS.

THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMES, THE CAN'T KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM CRIMES WHEN THEY CAN'T PROSECUTE.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

THE OTHER ENORMOUS IMPACT COMES IN THE VEIN OF THE LEGITIMACY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE CANNOT ASK PEOPLE TO TRUST A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT LETS PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH LYING.

>> CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL DEBORAH WHISPERED.

VERY INTERESTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.

>>> LAWMAKERS APPROVED A NEW STATE BUDGET OVER THE WEEKEND AND UP NEXT A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN IT.

>>> IN SOME WAYS ILLINOIS IS INFAMOUS.

THE STATE'S GOT A BAD REPUTATION FOR CORRUPTION AND LYRICAL MALFEASANCE.

BUT BACKERS OF A NEW STATE BUDGET SAY THEY'RE TURNING AROUND.

OTHERS DISAGREE.

NOW, MORE OF WHAT'S IN AND WHAT IS NOT IN THE STATE'S NEW SPENDING PLAN.

>> MOST FOLKS AT LEAST HOPEFULLY BEGINNING TO ENJOY THE SUNNY AND GORGEOUS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE ARE STILL AT IT AND EVEN IF THE LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO MEET UNTIL 2:30 IN THE MORNING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET WHAT THEY DID GO IGNORED.

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE PRICE OF A NEW CAR TITLE WILL BE GOING UP BY 10 BUCKS.

THAT MEANS COME JULY IT COSTS $165 TO GET A TITLE.

THAT MONEY IS GOING TO UPDATING STATE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT FOUND IT TO BE VERY OUTDATED.

OF COURSE THAT'S JUST AN ITTY-BITTY PART OF THE $50 BILLION SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY LAWMAKERS.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER HAS ALREADY SAID HE'S ON BOARD WITH IT AND IS PLANNING TO SIGN IT IN TIME FOR IT TO TAKE EFFECT JULY 1st.

DEMOCRATS WHO DRAFTED THE BUDGET SAY IT'S RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE EVEN IF IT DOESN'T DO EVERYTHING THEY WANTED.

>> NO ONE IN HERE, NO ONE IN COMMUNITIES IS GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY ASK FOR, BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE IS ASKING.

THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN, WE BELIEVE WE CAN SUSTAIN OVER TIME.

>> A FEW DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST IT, AS DID EVERY REPUBLICAN.

ONE FRESHMAN LAWMAKER WHOSE A FORMER MAYOR AND COMPANY CFO SAYS WATCHING HOW THE $50 BILLION PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER WAS BOTH ENLIGHTENING AND FRIGHTENING.

OTHERS COMPLAINED THE GOP WAS LEFT OUT.

>> THERE'S MORE HIDING, SHIFTING, OBFUSCATION OF STUFF, I'LL CALL IT, IN THIS BILL THAT WOULD MAKE A THREE CARD MONTE DEALER BLUSH.

>> BESIDES THIS FEE, ANY OTHER TAX INCREASES?

>> NO, AT LEAST NOT THAT I FOUND AS I'M BEGINNING TO SCOUR THROUGH THIS 20,000 SOMETHING PAGE DOCUMENT.

LAWMAKERS DID COMMENT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE NO GIMMICKS.

AGAIN HERE, REPUBLICANS SAY THERE ARE SOME, LIKE LEGISLATORS WHOSE SALARIES WILL REACH NEARLY $90,000 OF BASE PAY.

THAT'S A BUMP OF 5%.

MORE THAN THE 5% THAT SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED BY LAW.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE IN THE RANK AND FILE.

ALSO THE PLAN RELIES ON GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER TO PASS SPENDING ON A HEALTHCARE PROGRAM FOR UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS, SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY GIVEN HIS POTENTIAL FUTURE POLITICAL AMBITIONS, LAWMAKERS ARE SKEPTICAL IT'S EASY TO DO .

THEN WE'VE GOT THE PROSPECT OF A RECESSION LOOMING.

SO REPUBLICANS SAY THIS BUDGET IS TOO TIGHT AND THAT IT WASTES MONEY ON PORK PROJECTS THAT WERE GIVEN AS ENTICEMENTS FOR VOTES.

IT'S GOT BACKERS SAYING THERE IS A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN THE BUDGET.

INSTEAD THEY SAY -- >> IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR A CREDIT UPGRADE FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, VOTE AYE.

IF YOU WANT TO VOTE TO FUND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN YOUR DISTRICT, VOTE AYE.

IF YOU WANT TO VOTE TO FUND THE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES IN YOUR DISTRICT, VOTE AYE.

>> AS SHE ALLUDED TO THERE, YOU'VE GOT INCREASES GOING TO EDUCATION, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE PROGRAMS, AND THERE ARE ALSO MILLIONS TO HELP ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

WITH THE BUDGET TAKEN CARE OF, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ADJOURNED UNTIL FALL BUT SOME LAWMAKERS SAY THERE IS STILL UNFINISHED AS MS. REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE RYAN FAIN SAYS AFTER THAT COMMENT REVOLVING AROUND FORMER SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN, IT'S CRAZY ACTION WASN'T TAKEN ON ETHICS.

>> IT IS SAID THAT BUDGETS REFLECT OUR PRIORITIES AND BOY, I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE IT THAT WE DON'T, ALL OF US, PLACE A PRIORITY ON CLEANING UP THE CORRUPTION THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A DEEP SEAM ON THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

>> ALSO , BRANDIS, YOU HAVE NO MOVEMENT ON THE TROUBLED MARIJUANA MARKET IN ILLINOIS.

THEY DID NOT GET THEIR SUBSIDY AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET HELP AND GO TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, AND THE ABOLITION OF THE CHICAGO ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE DAY.

>> A LOT TO COME WHEN THAT DAY COMES.

AMANDA VINICKY, THANKS AS ALWAYS.

>>> UP NEXT, DETAILS ON ANOTHER BILL TO HELP CLOSE PROPERTY TAX LOOPHOLES IN COOK COUNTY.

THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> WHAT DOES JUSTICE FOR EMMETT TILL LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

>> OUR SENSE IS TO SERVE HUMANITY.

>> BLACK STORYTELLING IS A HUGE PART OF OUR CULTURE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE YOUNG WRITERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED AND TO FIND A LIFE WITHIN THEMSELVES, WHETHER IT'S ART OR NOT.

BUT IT COULD BE ART OR AN IDEA, I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD.

>>> LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN COOK COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM IS HEADED TO GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER'S DESK.

THE BILL AIMS TO STOP A SYSTEM THAT HELPS FUEL DISINVESTMENT AND MAJORITY BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES.

WTTW'S NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

THIS LEGISLATION IS THE RESULT OF A CONCERTED EFFORT BY COOK COUNTY TREASURER MARIA PAPPAS'S OFFICE TO REVAMP THE SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO RETURN DISTRESSED PROPERTIES WITH MOUNTAINS OF DEBT TO PRODUCTIVE USE.

WHAT'S CHANGED?

>> WHEN YOU DON'T PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, THE INTEREST RATE ON THAT RISES TO 18% A YEAR.

THIS LEGISLATION WOULD SLASH THAT IN HALF TO 9%.

MARIA PAPPAS'S OFFICE SAYS THAT WILL SAVE COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNERS BETWEEN 25 AND $35 MILLION A YEAR, A HUGE SAVINGS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEIR HOMES.

>> LEGISLATION IS ALSO SET TO REVAMP COOK COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX SCAVENGER SALE.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR THERE?

>> IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES FOR THREE YEARS, THE COUNTY CAN AUCTION OFF YOUR PROPERTY.

THEY HELD THOSE SALES EVERY TWO YEARS BUT PROPERTIES THAT GO UP FOR AUCTION IN THOSE SALES ARE PURCHASED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PRODUCTIVE USE, SO THIS LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE COOK COUNTY MORE ABILITY TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT DON'T SELL AND GET THEM BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS AND TO PRODUCTIVE USE.

>> THE BILL IS ALSO AIMED AT LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW HEDGE FUNDS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UNPAID TAX DEBT AT THE EXPENSE OF BLACK AND LATINO HOMEOWNERS.

HOW DOES IT DO THAT?

>> EVERY YEAR UNPAID TAX DEBT GOES UP FOR ANOTHER AUCTION AND BIG HEDGE FUNDS AND OTHER INVESTMENT FIRMS, THEY BUY THAT DEBT, AND PUT LEANS ON PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

THAT IS LUCRATIVE FOR THEM.

THEY CAN EARN AS MUCH AS 54% OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS SO THEN THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE SALE.

THEY CAN JUST SORT OF POINT TO AN ERROR, SOMETIMES CLERICAL, AND GET OUT OF THE WHOLE DEAL, AND TAKE THOSE SAVINGS AND INTEREST PAYMENTS WITH THEM.

THIS LAW WOULD SORT OF MAKE IT HARDER FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THOSE SALES AT THE LAST MINUTE AND HOPEFULLY PREVENTING THEM FROM PREYING ON PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY THEIR TAXES.

>> HEATHER SHARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

TERRACE?

>>> FROM STEVIE WONDER AND HIGH-FASHION MODELS, TO EVERY DAY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, A PHOTOGRAPHER HELPS CAPTURE BLACK BEAUTY AND POWER IN THE 1960S AND '70S.

HIS NAME WAS KWAMBE RATH WEIGHT AND HE DIED SOON AFTER THE EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK OPENED AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

WE RECENTLY VISITED THE MUSEUM FOR A TOUR OF THE SHOW.

HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK.

>> I SAID HE'S ESSENTIALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT, AND TO DEVELOPING THE AESTHETIC THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH IT, AND CREATING THE IMAGES THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK BACK AND UNDERSTAND ITS TRAJECTORY.

>> Reporter: QUANTITY BRATHWAITE PHOTOGRAPHS JAZZ VOCALIST EDDIE LINCOLN, REGGAE GIANT BOB MARLEY AS THEY TOURED THE WORLD TO PROMOTE PAN- AFRICAN CREATIVITY.

SEEN HERE IN A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE 1960S, THE ARTIST AND ACTIVIST DOCUMENTED THINGS WELL WORTH WAITING FOR.

>> YOU REALLY SEE THIS CAREER DEVELOPING OVER TIME AND THESE CONNECTIONS MADE WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE, AND JUST THE RICHNESS OF HIS ENGAGEMENT AND HIS COMMITMENT TO BOTH DOCUMENTING BLACK CULTURE AND CELEBRATING IT, AND CREATING IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

>> Reporter: BRATHWAITE ORGANIZED FASHION SHOWS AND CONCERTS , HE PHOTOGRAPHED ALBUM COVERS, AND HE USED HIS DARKROOM SKILLS TO SHED LIGHT ON PIVOTAL MOMENTS OF POSITIVITY AND EMPOWERMENT.

>> HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, REALLY THOUGHT CAREFULLY ABOUT HIS PRINTING AND HOW TO BRING OUT BLACK SKIN TONES, LACK HAIR, AND TO BRING OUT THE KINDS OF TEXTURES THAT FILM WASN'T NECESSARILY DEVELOPED TO PROCESS ACCURATELY.

>> Reporter: A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SEVEN DECADES, HE FOUND INSPIRATION IN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

>> THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER MAKING PHOTOGRAPHS HE'S CONSTANTLY REVIEWING ALBUMS, REVIEWING FESTIVALS, AND MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHY FOR HIM WERE VERY INTERTWINED.

THEY'RE ALSO INTERTWINED AT THE LEVEL OF COMPOSITION.

HE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THINKING ABOUT HIS PHOTOGRAPHS AS RESPONDING TO OR RELATING TO THE RHYTHMS OF BLACK LIFE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN HEAR THE IMAGES SOMETIMES.

SOMETHING THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION IS HOW WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH IT, YOU CAN SEE THE CONNECTIONS ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIUMS AND ACROSS VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND MOMENTS IN TIME.

>> 1A BRATHWAITE DIED ON APRIL 1st AT THE AGE OF 85.

THE EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK IS IN THE MODERATE WING OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO UNTIL JULY 24th.

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