The former friends turned political adversaries both say they are committed to helping bring Amazon’s second headquarters to Chicago. How much they plan to work together to achieve the No. 1 item on their wish list remains to be seen.

See our own article linked here on implications for Illinois.

Left unchecked the unfunded liabilities keep rising. They rose to $126.5 billion in fiscal 2016 from $112.9 billion a year earlier and the funded ratio deteriorated to 39.2% from 40.9%. They have ballooned by $86 billion since fiscal 2001.

Lucrative compensation for government workers stands in stark contrast to the city’s budgetary struggles and a flagging local economy.

Comment: Personally, I don’t think these rankings mean diddly, but I do like like how U of C has put the hammer on the snowflakes.

The City of Kenosha is dropping its bid for an up to $10 billion flat screen factory, leaving Racine County as the most likely site for a Taiwanese company’s plant that could eventually employ thousands.

Lettuce Entertain You and Speedway have been hit with lawsuits for allegedly violating Illinois’ biometric privacy law.

That leaves small employers looking for an exchange plan for 2018 with one option: downstate Health Alliance. Chicago-based Blue Cross, which has a dominating market share in Illinois among consumers and small businesses alike, still plans to woo small employers with plans off the exchange.

Comment: There’s a pretty simple explanation for him, I always thought. Head case — pathologically dishonest and corrupt.