Chicago Teachers Rally Downtown Thursday – NBC Chicago
February 4, 2016
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CPS Deal Viewed as Last Gasp for Market Access – The Bond Buyer
February 4, 2016
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It’s over for CPS (in case you didn’t see the numbers long ago). The train wreck for Chicago, too, is just a matter of time.
Madigan Forms Task Force To Address School Funding – Progress Illinois
February 4, 2016
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The “task force” is just a bunch of legislators who will meet under the leadership of Barbara Flynn Currie, a career Madigan stooge. Whoopee.
Block 37 developer Freed associate pleads guilty in fraud case – Crain’s
February 4, 2016
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Ah, yes, Block 37. Another lovely chapter from the Daley Administration.
CareerBuilder and Emsi Says Chicago the Worst Major Metro for Job Growth Versus Potential – CNN
February 4, 2016
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Howard Tullman: Why Your State [Illinois] Should Be a VC – Inc.
February 4, 2016
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Comment: Lots of controversy over Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs’ recent announcement expanding the investment of state dollars he controls in a fun-of-funds for venture capital.
Judge knocks down right-to-work in Kentucky counties – Politico
February 4, 2016
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Lincolnshire, IL recently passed a local right-to-work measure.
Pensions 101: Understanding Illinois’ massive, government-worker pension crisis – Illinois Policy
February 4, 2016
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The Growing Public Pension and Muni Bond Bubble – American Thinker
February 4, 2016
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Chicago Public Schools Gets Sale Done at Big Penalty – The Bond Buyer
February 4, 2016
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Sun-Times owner Michael Ferro buys $44.4 million stake in Tribune – Feder
February 4, 2016
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Merger with Sun-Times appears inevitable.
School choice, another Statehouse battlefront – Illinois Times
February 4, 2016
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CTU Closes Bank Of America Account Over ‘Toxic’ Interest Rate Swaps (VIDEO) – Progress Illinois
February 4, 2016
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Emanuel promises another Chicago property-tax hike – Illinois Policy
February 4, 2016
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Mere months after passing the largest tax hike in modern Chicago history, Mayor Rahm Emanuel vows to hit residents with even higher property-tax bills, this time to bail out pension mismanagement by Chicago Public Schools officials – behavior tacitly endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union.
CTU Closes Bank Of America Account To Protest CPS Debt Swaps – CBS Chicago
February 4, 2016
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