Illinois Republicans’ budget plan hikes taxes by $5 billion – Illinois Policy
June 14, 2017
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Illinois worker recounts ordeal to decertify union – Washington Examiner
June 14, 2017
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Illinois Republicans reveal new budget plan with tax hikes they say has Rauner support – INN
June 14, 2017
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GOP offers ‘compromise’ state budget with familiar reforms – A.P.
June 14, 2017
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Uber’s Culture Led One Tech Company to Boycott It on Moral Grounds – Bloomberg
June 14, 2017
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Moody’s Downgrades Chicago Transit Authority Sales Tax Bonds to A3 from A1; Outlook Negative
June 14, 2017
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“The downgrades are driven primarily by the authority’s exposure to the State of Illinois….”
Appellate court hears case about paying state employees without budget – INN
June 14, 2017
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New Study Details How Pensions Exploit New And Younger Teachers – Wirepoints Original
June 14, 2017
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Illinois gets an ‘F’ as you’d expect, but we have plenty of company on this.
Government Public Pension Liabilities Are Understated By Trillions – ValueWalk
June 14, 2017
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More on that Stanford study we’ve covered earlier.
Illinois spends the 13th-most of any state in the country – far more than any of its neighbors or any Midwestern state – Illinois Policy
June 14, 2017
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Black Lives Matter lawsuit seeks federal court oversight of CPD – Sun-Times
June 14, 2017
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Home-buying incentive for police officers sails through committee – Sun-Times
June 14, 2017
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to “stabilize” high-crime neighborhoods by offering police officers and firefighters “forgivable loans” to purchase homes cleared a key hurdle Tuesday.
Cook County residents’ property taxes going up, especially in Chicago – ABC7
June 14, 2017
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Comptroller Mendoza Op-Ed: Time to fix the damage done to our universities – The Southern
June 14, 2017
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Shut down this Illinois college tuition program now – Opinion – Crain’s
June 14, 2017
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Illinois a joking matter no longer – Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
June 14, 2017
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From an econ prof in Indiana: “It is time to stop joking, as the situation has become much more grim.Chicago is the nation’s third largest metropolitan area, and is the most important city in the Midwest… This will be a disaster for the Midwest…. A Chicago bankruptcy is likely unavoidable…. The time for jokes about Illinois has passed.”
‘Daddy don’t’ 12-year-old screamed as she was stabbed to death – Sun-Times
June 14, 2017
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