🇱🇧 More than 150 Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since midnight.
At least 20 civilians killed, the majority women and children.
Since the supposed ceasefire took effect, Israeli forces have targeted 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, many struck multiple times.
Governor JB Pritzker signed his $56B budget yesterday, bringing the number of tax and fee increases in his two terms to 63.
In his two terms, his tax increases have taken a cumulative $77 billion more from taxpayers, and this does not include an additional $8.5B a year higher property taxes since 2019.
Illinois residents now pay the highest state and local taxes and fees in the entire nation. Pritzker’s tax policies have throttled Illinois economy, which has produced less than 10K private sector job growth since Pritzker became governor.
Mike Owen, owner of Adamson Plumbing, says his company is nearly $4 million in the red after years of work on the Obama Presidential Center project. "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive," Owen told Fox News.
He also described the toll the dispute has taken on him personally, saying, "We're crushed. And I have to fight for my company and for my people." "It was kind of hard seeing some local and national celebrities high-fiving and back-slapping here about the work that's been done," Owen said. "The backdrop of a coming celebration is kind of hard to swallow for me and for some of my peers at the moment."
Owen said he broke his silence after months of trying—and failing—to recover the money he says his company is owed.