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“The Rauner Administration has proven thus far to be a champion of the state’s tech economy…. The job posting outlines an ambitious set of goals for the incoming CTO during Rauner’s first term….”
“Why would a company put their business in an area where they will be saddled with all these new costs and taxes?” but, “There’s a better chance for a renter to become a homeowner in Chicago because prices in other cities are rising so fast that affordability is becoming an issue.”
While just above the national median price, Chicago is much more affordable than cities like New York, Washington, D.C., or Seattle. With many tech companies like Google and Yahoo opening or expanding offices in the city, it is becoming much more attractive to young millennials.
By: Mark Glennon* If you are relying on the Chicago Sun-Times for Illinois state government news you are being misinformed because its primary reporter assigned to Springfield is Natasha Korecki, and her distortions are flagrant. Today, budget negotiations took a critical turn because Governor Rauner announced in an op ed piece that he would veto the budget submitted by legislative Democrats and offered a series of compromises on other matters. Specifically, Rauner offered state assistance on the Chicago teachers’ pension, a two-year limit for the property tax cap he wants, a variation of state pension reform plans pushed
Comment: Time to reconstitute CPS and kiss the CTU goodbye.
Gov. Bruce Rauner today vetoed the budget sent to him by Illinois lawmakers, blocking all but the school appropriations bills he signed yesterday. At the same time, he offered a wider compromise on pro-business reforms, school aid and other matters that could help resolve the larger war over the state budget.
About 232,000 Illinoisans will continue receiving federal help paying monthly health insurance premiums after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Obama administration in the King v. Burwell decision released Thursday.
Cook County lost more than 48,000 people to moves, 17,000 more than the year before.
“House Speaker Michael Madigan is already pinning the blame for a potential state government shutdown on Governor Bruce Rauner.”
TransUnion, one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the United States, said on Thursday that its initial public offering was priced at $22.50 a share, valuing the company at about $4 billion.
A statewide group led by Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti wants every county to have the same government-eliminating powers that Illinois lawmakers have given to DuPage County.
The Noble Network of Charter Schools wanted to move about 350 high school students from a crowded temporary downtown campus into the former Immaculata Sisters High School at 640 W. Irving Park Road. Facing intense local opposition from activists, Noble gave up.
A former chief of staff to the head of Illinois’ public health department was sentenced to eight years in prison in a case that involved a multimillion-dollar bribery and kickback scheme involving government grants and contracts.
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