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A Palatine bar that planned to offer a “Build-A-Wall” burger adorned with Mexican condiments has walked back on the special after receiving criticism from some saying it was offensive—though not everyone agrees.
It appears that trust in government runs significantly higher, not lower, in “Right to Work” states. It runs lower, not higher, in states with a high share of the workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. Illinois and Indiana are illustrations.
Seaway Bank was once the largest black-owned bank in the U.S.
Comments: Opinions on the left, like this one, are split on Lisa’s move. On the right, they seem mostly opposed.
Comment: A college prof on CNN saying something nice about Trump. How ’bout that?
Comment: The tech solution that’s ultimately key is simple — birth control. Don’t have a baby without a committed partner and the financial means to raise a child.
“The settlement…will bring relief to tens of thousands of parolees who’ve been going through a process and having their rights violated every single day,” said attorney Sheila Bedi.
Illinois residents burdened with falling home values and high property taxes are headed toward a cliff if Springfield doesn’t do something soon to pull the state back from the precipice, said Wirepoints writer Mark Glennon.
Comment: Think of this as another example of the fictional narrative dominant in the press. Her “aggressive economic reforms” would do nothing to promote economic growth and are the conventional list for Illinois Dems. Burke’s a nice woman, by the way, who I know. (She’s Southside Irish so she has to be nice). Just doesn’t get the economy, however.
Comment: Look for revenue to be disappointing. So many of them already that they are cannibalizing each other’s business.
Trump this week threw his support behind dramatic changes to federal employees’ retirement and health benefits, calling the current system “unsustainable.”
Attempts to cut off state worker pay need not end in a tax hike.
Rauner on Friday emailed state workers vowing to use “all available legal options” to continue employee pay — a day after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a motion seeking to halt paychecks if no budget deal is reached by the end of February.
“Glennon’s facility with translating the Illinois Ruling Class’ fantasy math into the tangible human costs it imposes makes him a dangerous man to Illinois pols and a must-read for Illinois residents.” Flattered.
The Chicago Police Department last year solved fewer than one in five murders committed during the year, the lowest rate for that crime in at least a half century, according to new police figures.
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