Metra board on Friday approved a fare increase that will be tapped in part to pay off $100 million of bonds slated to be sold in 2015 in the agency’s first-ever debt issuance. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/14/usa-illinois-railway-bonds-idUSL2N0T42CM20141114
There are 148 charter schools in Illinois, mostly in Chicago and Rockford. But despite their inclusion in our communities, many Illinoisans still don’t know much about charter schools. http://www.rebootillinois.com/2014/11/13/editors-picks/caitlinwilson/charter-schools-facts-vs-myths/29107/?utm_content=buffer2cf7f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, the city’s first and only female mayor, died at age 81. http://time.com/3585960/jane-byrne-chicago-mayor-dies/
http://nocronies.com/644/ Expanding companies that get EDGE tax credits can under-promise, and spike up the tax credit they get when real expansion materializes.
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