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“Summers says there’s a bill nearing passage in Springfield that that would give Teachers Pension Funds their own tax levy. No, says Summers, that doesn’t mean higher property taxes.” Comment: Just an academic exercise, apparently. Puhleez.
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Even traditional Democratic allies of the mayor at the Capitol are leery of working to provide much help to Emanuel while the state faces its own $6.6 billion budget hole for the financial year that starts July 1.
Richard C. Longworth is distinguished fellow on global cities at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and author of “Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism,” on the impact of globalization on the American Midwest.
“Chicago stands poised – if it can make the cultural changes – to soon become the health tech hub of the US.”
“Nobody here really gives a fuck.” By: Mark Glennon* If you’re not from around Chicago, get ready for a perfect audio lesson on what we’re dealing with here, tough language and all. You locals will laugh and cry at what’s too familiar. Denis Lawlor is a security officer at a the water reclamation plant in southwest suburban Stickney. He accidentally left the microphone open on his radio as he showed the ropes to a new employee, and the conversation was recorded. It’s a perfect depiction of the cultural problem at the root of what’s wrong in
Rauner agreed to a court order allowing unions to keep forced share dues pending full resolution, in exchange for faster resolution of the underlying First Amendment issue.
A state representative wants Illinois to buy only vehicles made in North America, but opponents say the idea could come back to bite the state.
In just a few days, on April 15, fast-food workers from 190 cities and 40 countries will participate in a strike and rally in the quest to increase wages.
Almost three out of four small town and rural residents across Illinois (73 percent) think overall economic prospects for families in the state will be worse in the next five years
Central Illinois businesses say the tax burden in Illinois is killing small towns that are already struggling to survive.
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