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And those hikes would be necessary even if CPS makes drastic budget cuts and gets the pension relief and greater state funding it’s seeking in Springfield!
Múineann gá seift. (Need teaches a plan.) -Gailic proverb By: Mark Glennon* A strange sense of familiarity often strikes visitors to Ireland from Chicago, and no doubt from much of America. That’s no surprise given the ethnic background of so many of us, but spend some time looking at the technology startup community here and you’ll find it goes a wee bit furter. (They need to learn to pronounce th properly, as we do in Chicago — d.) Illinois’ startup sector indeed has much in common with Ireland’s. The sector has over-performed in both despite sub-par
Under state law, it’s not a matter of a district simply throwing up its hands and the state running in to assume the controls. State takeovers are rare. In fact, the current language in state law allowing takeovers only goes back to 1994.
There will be very real consequences for taxpayers and organizations across Illinois – and sadly, it will most hurt those who can least afford it.
On Wednesday the City Council overwhelming voted to borrow $1.1 billion to pay the debt on some of Mayor Daley’s really bad deals, including his decision to buy Michael Reese Hospital. Afterward Mayor Rahm announced he was gearing up to waste even money on some of his own bad deals.
The Blackhawks’ name faces less controversy because it honors a real person, Black Hawk.
69 Chicago-area businesses have gone public since 2001, raising a combined $24 billion.
The local housing market is healing, but it’s still sick in places like Cicero, North Chicago and Park Forest, where home values are still depressed and large numbers of homeowners are behind on mortgage payments.
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