Kyle Hillman
@kylehillman.bsky.social
Skeptically Idealistic, Fire Starter, Problem Solver, Lobbyist (for do-gooders), Speaker, Occasional Instigator, Not Official Positions of My Employer, I follow a lot of people - doesn't mean I agree with their hot-takes. (He, Him)
“The state police are there to protect the protestors from ICE. “
Officer 6064: “🎼 Fu#k what (you) said, it don't mean shit now.”
Officer 6064: “🎼 Fu#k what (you) said, it don't mean shit now.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“The state police are there to protect the protestors from ICE. “
Officer 6064: “🎼 Fu#k what (you) said, it don't mean shit now.”
Officer 6064: “🎼 Fu#k what (you) said, it don't mean shit now.”
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Illinois is leading on AI therapy regulation.
“Therapy is more than just word exchanges,” Treto said. "It requires empathy, it requires clinical judgment, it requires ethical responsibility, none of which AI can truly replicate right now.”
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“Therapy is more than just word exchanges,” Treto said. "It requires empathy, it requires clinical judgment, it requires ethical responsibility, none of which AI can truly replicate right now.”
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Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving AI
As mental health chatbots driven by artificial intelligence proliferate, a small number of states are trying to regulate them
abcnews.go.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Illinois is leading on AI therapy regulation.
“Therapy is more than just word exchanges,” Treto said. "It requires empathy, it requires clinical judgment, it requires ethical responsibility, none of which AI can truly replicate right now.”
@kylehillman.bsky.social
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“Therapy is more than just word exchanges,” Treto said. "It requires empathy, it requires clinical judgment, it requires ethical responsibility, none of which AI can truly replicate right now.”
@kylehillman.bsky.social
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Illinois looking to collect millions in delinquent taxes with amnesty program
Illinois looking to collect millions in delinquent taxes with amnesty program
Anyone who owes the state back taxes that were due between June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2024 can take advantage of a 48-day amnesty program beginning Oct. 1.
www.dailyherald.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Illinois looking to collect millions in delinquent taxes with amnesty program
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“This is what it’s come to: A mayor of a major city now has to protect his constituents from a lawless federal government.”
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“This is what it’s come to: A mayor of a major city now has to protect his constituents from a lawless federal government.”
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Will Uptown Theatre ever reopen? The historic movie palace turns 100 amid its latest revival effort. blockclubchi.co/4mAIv6Y
August 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Will Uptown Theatre ever reopen? The historic movie palace turns 100 amid its latest revival effort. blockclubchi.co/4mAIv6Y
I spent a year working on this bill with some incredible legislators and a regulatory board that understood the urgency. So glad to see the WOPR (yes named after War Games) become law.
An Illinois bill banning AI therapy has been signed into law.
"At best, AI-driven therapy poses major privacy risks. At worst, it could exacerbate a person’s mental health crisis, especially when vulnerable users mistake a chatbot for professional care."
mashable.com/article/illi...
"At best, AI-driven therapy poses major privacy risks. At worst, it could exacerbate a person’s mental health crisis, especially when vulnerable users mistake a chatbot for professional care."
mashable.com/article/illi...
An Illinois bill banning AI therapy has been signed into law
Illinois becomes the first state to regulate the use of AI for mental health services.
mashable.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I spent a year working on this bill with some incredible legislators and a regulatory board that understood the urgency. So glad to see the WOPR (yes named after War Games) become law.
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The Illinois ban isn't about stopping AI in mental health—it's about shaping how we integrate technology with human care responsibly. The future belongs to those who can bridge innovation with trust, efficiency with empathy, and technology with humanity.
August 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Illinois ban isn't about stopping AI in mental health—it's about shaping how we integrate technology with human care responsibly. The future belongs to those who can bridge innovation with trust, efficiency with empathy, and technology with humanity.
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My bill banning unregulated AI therapy in Illinois is now officially LAW. Thanks to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for standing with patients to safeguard mental health care, pausing the unchecked expansion of AI, and putting necessary regulations in place before more harm is done.
August 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My bill banning unregulated AI therapy in Illinois is now officially LAW. Thanks to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for standing with patients to safeguard mental health care, pausing the unchecked expansion of AI, and putting necessary regulations in place before more harm is done.
#Illinois Governor Signs HB 1806 Creating Nation's Strongest Safeguard Against AI Chatbots in Mental Health - thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov @bobmorganil.bsky.social Sen. Villivalam for your assistance in making this critical law happen. www.naswil.org/post/nasw-il...
August 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#Illinois Governor Signs HB 1806 Creating Nation's Strongest Safeguard Against AI Chatbots in Mental Health - thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov @bobmorganil.bsky.social Sen. Villivalam for your assistance in making this critical law happen. www.naswil.org/post/nasw-il...
In case anyone forgot - Rahm Emanuel is an awful human. #Twill
In 2016, as Chicago mayor, Emanuel banned city employees from making most trips at the city’s expense to North Carolina, which banned trans people from using the bathroom that aligned with their gender.
He also backed an ordinance blocking any Chicago business from imposing similar bans.
He also backed an ordinance blocking any Chicago business from imposing similar bans.
Rahm Emanuel criticized Dems for talking about "pronouns," but Megyn Kelly is the first interviewer I've seen drill down for his views.
Boys + girls are "fundamentally, physically different." No "men claiming they're women" in women's prisons.
"Can a man become a woman? No."
Boys + girls are "fundamentally, physically different." No "men claiming they're women" in women's prisons.
"Can a man become a woman? No."
July 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In case anyone forgot - Rahm Emanuel is an awful human. #Twill
And THEY want Bears Fans?
Arlington Heights officials mull rules after complaints of loitering downtown
Arlington Heights officials mull rules after complaints of loitering downtown
Arlington Heights officials are considering new regulations to address loitering and nuisance issues near a downtown condo building, prompted by residents’ complaints of frequent gatherings.
www.dailyherald.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
And THEY want Bears Fans?
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The West Ridge YMCA doesn’t have enough money to reopen despite $3.75 million in federal funding. blockclubchi.co/44Hm9cS
July 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The West Ridge YMCA doesn’t have enough money to reopen despite $3.75 million in federal funding. blockclubchi.co/44Hm9cS
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Under the law, work requirements to qualify for SNAP benefits have been expanded to include people up to age 64, along with homeless people, veterans and young adults leaving foster care. Previously, only people age 18-54 had to meet work requirements
Federal food assistance changes threaten benefits for thousands of Illinoisans
Under the law, work requirements to qualify for SNAP benefits have been expanded to include people up to age 64, along with homeless people, veterans and young adults leaving foster care. Previously, only people age 18-54 had to meet work requirements
www.shawlocal.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Under the law, work requirements to qualify for SNAP benefits have been expanded to include people up to age 64, along with homeless people, veterans and young adults leaving foster care. Previously, only people age 18-54 had to meet work requirements
Were they going around saying that they represent the city or coalition building and sharing information? The former is problematic the other is literally the job.
Another day, another good story about questionable ethics happenings at Chicago City Hall: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘pending’ Springfield lobbyist team draws ethics questions. By @aliceyin.bsky.social @jeremygorner.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/30/m...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘pending’ Springfield lobbyist team draws ethics questions
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new lead Springfield IGA director John Arena argued those lobbyists did not need to register because their contracts with the city were still “pending.”
www.chicagotribune.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Were they going around saying that they represent the city or coalition building and sharing information? The former is problematic the other is literally the job.
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The Ultimate Guide To Chicago Ice Cream 🍦🍨
100+ spots for scoops, popsicles, gelato, Italian ice and more: blockclubchi.co/3G8hA30
100+ spots for scoops, popsicles, gelato, Italian ice and more: blockclubchi.co/3G8hA30
June 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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The bill would ban students from using a digital replica to bully one of their peers, or asking an AI algorithm to create explicit images of other students.
New bill aims to combat AI bullying in schools, addressing rising concerns over student mental health.
Proposal on Pritzker's desk could punish students using AI for cyberbullying
A plan on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could empower schools to punish students for using artificial intelligence to bully other kids.
www.wandtv.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The bill would ban students from using a digital replica to bully one of their peers, or asking an AI algorithm to create explicit images of other students.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Love the new @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social logo. Great photo op at #NASW2025
June 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Love the new @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social logo. Great photo op at #NASW2025
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Last week we celebrated a BIG WIN in Illinois. Our featured bill this session, House Bill 1806, passed the IL senate unanimously, 56–0. This bill brings us one step closer to protecting mental health clients from unregulated AI posting as therapy.
May 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Last week we celebrated a BIG WIN in Illinois. Our featured bill this session, House Bill 1806, passed the IL senate unanimously, 56–0. This bill brings us one step closer to protecting mental health clients from unregulated AI posting as therapy.
We are. There is a bill in Illinois and Nevada waiting for signatures.
Shit, I think we should be lobbying state govts right now to assure that health insurance won’t cover AI therapy, bar companies from calling its use “therapy” — especially the way it’s currently developed for continued engagement & how AI hallucinates etc
June 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We are. There is a bill in Illinois and Nevada waiting for signatures.
If you have a 3% rate who is going to sell?
Fewer homes being purchased in Chicago area, but sales prices still going up
Fewer homes being purchased in Chicago area, but sales prices still going up
While the Chicago area had more homes for sale in April 2025 than a year ago, sales were down year-to-year while sales prices went up.
www.dailyherald.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you have a 3% rate who is going to sell?
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The lingering effects of high inflation coupled with high interest rates have made it harder in recent years for many Americans to get ahead financially.
How American consumers are feeling the squeeze, in 4 charts
(CNN) — The lingering effects of high inflation coupled with high interest rates have made it harder in recent years for many Americans to get ahead financially.
www.wsiltv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The lingering effects of high inflation coupled with high interest rates have made it harder in recent years for many Americans to get ahead financially.