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‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ will broadcast live from downtown Chicago this year

Posted in Chicago Tribune, County, Dumb Bunny, Politics, Unions on November 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

New Year’s Eve fireworks explode over the Chicago River on Jan. 1, 2024, in Chicago. | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune

By Doug George | Chicago Tribune

Chicago will join Times Square on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” this year, with Chicago’s New Year’s Eve celebrations televised for the first time on the ABC broadcast.

An hour after the ball drops in New York, the show will add a Central Time zone midnight countdown live from downtown Chicago, according to an announcement Monday from ABC and Dick Clark Productions.

Hosts and musical guests in Chicago have yet to be announced, but the show expects to televise the fireworks on the bridges over the Chicago River. A spokesperson for Dick Clark Productions said the program was working with local ABC station WLS-TV and Mayor Brandon (“Dumb Bunny”) Johnson’s office to make it happen.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the beauty and dynamism of our city and its people for the world to see,” Johnson said in part in a statement. “We could not be more excited to welcome in the new year with fireworks, music, and Chicago pride.”

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Editorial note: The perfect storm: Fireworks, inebriated crowds, a demoralized police force and a national audience to witness what ensues.

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Illinois, Chicago voters rank high taxes as No. 1 issue

Posted in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Dumb Bunny, Illinois Policy Institute, Politics, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Property Taxes, Springfield, Taxes, Unions on November 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their No. 1 concern. Despite that, Springfield and Chicago politicians both are hiking taxes again to spend more.

By Patrick Andriesen | Illinois Policy Institute

More than half of Illinois voters polled said high taxes were the No. 1 issue facing the state, according to a survey conducted for the Illinois Policy Institute.

High taxes were the top issue impacting the state for 52% of the 929 registered Illinois voters polled Oct. 8-10 for the institute by M3 Strategies. Half as many were worried about the economy, the No. 2 concern.

Voters in the city of Chicago also ranked high taxes as their No. 1 worry. Taxes topped the concerns of 35% of the 530 Chicagoans polled Oct. 17-20.

The October poll marked the first time this year Chicago’s likely general election voters ranked high taxes as a bigger concern than crime.

While both the statewide and Chicago-specific polls showed high taxes had voters worried, their elected representatives are continuing to raise taxes rather than control spending.

Lawmakers in Springfield approved new taxes Oct. 31 to keep Chicago-area public transit running. They intend to hike toll road fees and raise the sales tax in Cook County and its collar counties by 0.25 percentage points.

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Related: “CUSD 220 proposing 7.32 percent tax levy increase”

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