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Police warned drivers to stay alert in downtown Chicago after reports of people being robbed as they sit in traffic.
By: Dalton* Political dysfunction in Illinois runs deep. Chicago is the epicenter of the state’s political dysfunction and from Chicago emanates a broken politics that has polluted the state. Yet it’s not just a Chicago problem. Few if any political actors are rising to the occasion to present an honest assessment of the state’s crippled fiscal, political and economic reality, along with a message about an alternative vision for the future. Even with divided government, Illinois’ head-in-the-sand approach to impending catastrophe and pay-to-play approach to economic policy have continued to grind on. Here are four ways that political
Home operators were required to pledge in writing not to talk about what the state was doing or they’d get no patient referrals. Read the entire Tribune piece about this if you can access it.
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The 2017 law states people who work at the Illinois Association of Park Districts or the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and at other such entities aren’t entitled to pensions for their time there. State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said taxpayers can accept paying for retirements for teachers or snow plow drivers. However, taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for lobbyists’ pensions.
Despite going to prison, Finley’s government pension checks kept coming for decades, until his death in September at 91. Altogether, he collected nearly $2 million over the years, according to pension fund records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. And the pension checks continue, though at a reduced rate, even after his death: His widow gets survivor’s benefits starting at around $5,500 a month, pension records show.
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