Union Calls on Rauner to Personally Pay Back Cuts to Childcare Services – NBC Chicago
November 3, 2015
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Sheesh.
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Chicago, you actually should be grateful for that tax hike – Opinion – Crain’s
November 3, 2015
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Comment: It’s written by Sheila Weinberg of Truth in Accounting. Her headline is facetious, of course. Says everything we’ve been telling you — and everything that Crain’s own writers have gotten dead wrong.
Financing Public Higher Education: Variation across States – Urban Institute
November 3, 2015
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Comment: A quick read says Illinois ranks very high by most measures.
Rauner on press coverage of Illinois budget impasse: “50 percent of it is kind of baloney” – Reboot
November 3, 2015
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Comment: Let’s get more specific. About 30% is brazenly partisan. Another 30% is just lousy reporting, especially when it comes to the Springfield press corps. Political reporters shouldn’t be covering fiscal and economic issues because they don’t know what they are talking about (with a few exceptions in Chicago).
Civic Federation Cannot Support Cook County’s FY2016 Budget – The Civic Federation
November 3, 2015
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Comment: About time these guys started showing some spine. They’ve been totally ineffective for several years.
Chicago Chamber Statement on Cook County FY2016 Budget Proposal
November 3, 2015
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“The Chamber remains opposed to using any additional tax to plug the County’s budget hole.”
Growth spike at UI Labs brings fast set of leadership challenges – Blue Sky Chicago
November 3, 2015
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The digital manufacturing institute on Goose Island is in fast-growth mode, putting UI Labs CEO Caralynn Nowinski Collens and her staff on an accelerated path to change. Comment: Caralynn is a winner.
Dismissal of Chicago retiree healthcare lawsuit in hands of judge – Reuters
November 3, 2015
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City clears ride-hailing companies for airport pickups starting Nov. 12
November 3, 2015
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Under new regulations agreed upon Monday, the city will allow ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers in designated areas of the arrivals gates of both airports
Chicago Uses Advanced Analytics to Enhance City Operations – Governing
November 3, 2015
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Coming up short: What if Illinois’ pension funds miss their investment targets? – Illinois Policy
November 3, 2015
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Without real reforms, low investment yearly returns of 4 to 6 percent over the next 28 years could cost Illinois taxpayers anywhere from $100 billion to $200 billion above what they’re already expected to pay in contributions.
New Workers Subsidizing Illinois’ Surging $100,000/Year Pension Club – WP Original
November 3, 2015
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By: Mark Glennon* The number of public retirees receiving pensions over $100,000 in Illinois jumped this year to 7,407, up 1,384 since last year. The chart on the right shows the growth in that number since 2012. The numbers are extracted from the Better Government Association’s pension database. They include only 17 pensions — the statewide pensions and those for Chicago and the Cook County area. They do not include retirees in the 655 pensions for police and firefighters outside of the City of Chicago, for which the same data are not readily available. Of those