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☆ Illinois is considering a 3% tax on millionaires to solve the state's skyrocketing property tax problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The governor says the tax could generate $4.5 billion annually and alleviate high property taxes. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the US. State leaders say it could alleviate the burden of high property taxes on the average resident. Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the United States, according to the Tax Foundation, a tax policy nonprofit. "South suburban homeowners already pay some of the highest property taxes in the county, and these increases will make paying those bills even more difficult."

Persons: —, JB Pritzker's, Maria Pappas, Pappas, Pat Quinn, Quinn, WBEZ Organizations: Service, Illinois Gov, JB, Tax Foundation, Former Illinois Gov Locations: Illinois, WBEZ, Massachusetts . Massachusetts, United States, Cook County, Chicago

☆ The top 10 most popular podcasts of 2023, according to Apple
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Apple has released a list of the 10 most popular podcasts of 2023. Apple shared a roundup on Tuesday of the most popular podcasts of 2023. But today, we will be focusing on the top 10 podcasts overall, according to Apple. Denise Truscello"Stuff You Should Know" will, according to Apple Podcasts, teach you everything you need to know about science, history, religion, crime, and more. It is the top health and fitness-related podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, according to the podcast's website.

Persons: Apple, —, Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Denise Truscello, Clark, Byrant, Shankar Vedantam, Chance Yeh, Andrew Huberman, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Drew Angerer, Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley, Urquhart, Kelley, Glass, Astrid Stawiarz, Ira Glass, Chicago that's, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, Frazer Harrison, Manny Carabel, Amy Sussman, Getty, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Gary Hershorn, It's, Michael Barbaro, Sabrina Tavernise, Ashley Flowers, Audiochuck, Brit Prawat Organizations: Apple, Service, SYSK, NPR, The Washington Post, National Public, Public Radio Exchange, Getty, NBC NBC Dateline, NBC, Nielsen Media Research, The New York Times Locations: Stanford, Boston

☆ 41,000 people are about to get $240 million in medical debt cancelled thanks to an infusion of cash from Biden's pandemic aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In Toledo, Ohio, 41,000 residents will see around $240 million in medical debt relieved. Communities across the country have allocated at least $16 million toward relieving medical debt, according to the White House . Cook County officials connected Grim with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys up medical debt across the country and wipes it out completely. "If you have your medical debt relieved, they can go back to the doctor again, they can put food on the table." Do you have medical debt, or have received medical debt relief?

Persons: Michele Grim, It's, Grim, Joe Biden, Grim — Organizations: Service, Kaiser Family Foundation, Consumer Financial, Bureau, American, ARPA Locations: Toledo , Ohio, Wall, Silicon, Ohio, Lucas County, Toledo, Cook County , Illinois, Cook, Cook County

☆ Conviction of 'Serial' podcast subject Adnan Syed reinstated by Maryland court
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

March 28 (Reuters) - A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend in a case that drew attention after the podcast "Serial" raised doubts about his guilt. After an investigation identified problems with the case, a circuit court judge last year vacated Syed's conviction in the murder of Hae Min Lee and ordered his release. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014. Prosecutors filed a motion last September to vacate the conviction after conducting a yearlong investigation alongside a public defender representing Syed. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn subsequently ordered Syed to be released from prison, where he was serving a life sentence.

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case against a man found guilty of the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend in a case that drew national attention after the podcast "Serial" raised doubts about his guilt. Adnan Syed, 42, served more than 20 years in prison for the slaying of Hae Min Lee. read moreOn Tuesday, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City said in an email that it had dropped the case against Syed. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014. Prosecutors filed a motion on Sept. 15 to vacate the conviction after conducting a yearlong investigation alongside a public defender representing Syed.

Rabia Chaudry, a childhood friend of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” arrives pror to a hearing to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Syed, at the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland U.S., September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstSept 19 (Reuters) - A judge is due to weigh a request on Monday by Baltimore prosecutors to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained national attention when the podcast "Serial" raised doubts about his guilt. The state's attorney for Baltimore filed a motion to vacate the conviction on Wednesday following a year-long investigation conducted alongside a public defender representing Syed. They also found new information that cast doubt on the cellphone data prosecutors relied upon at trial to place Syed at the scene of the murder. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014.

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