-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Illinois governor’s race could be costliest in US history – Associated Press
October 22, 2017
No Comments
Cities Lose Out On Retail Tax As Online Shopping Booms – NPR IL
October 22, 2017
No Comments
Over 14,000 apply to be Chicago Police officers – Chicago Sun-Times
October 22, 2017
No Comments
2 Chicago cop-legislators changed law to benefit 2 people: themselves – Chicago Sun-Times
October 22, 2017
No Comments
‘The way due process is supposed to work’: IL Sup Ct decision reshapes Cook County’s legal landscape – Cook County Record
October 22, 2017
No Comments
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court moved to significantly limit general personal jurisdiction over corporations, the Illinois Supreme Court at last has used that precedent to perhaps achieve legal venue reforms long sought by business groups and reform proponents – and long ignored by state lawmakers.
Illinois communities facing a backlog of infrastructure neglect – INN
October 22, 2017
No Comments
In Depth: $13 Billion Still Languishes With Illinois Treasurer, Misuse Mounts – Wirepoints Original
October 22, 2017
6 Comments
A trillion dollars per year of investment activity that’s largely unnecessary, billions left unused and a Treasurer unilaterally using the resulting power for political benefit and policy goals unrelated to his office. Using taxpayer money at the Treasure’s office to fix the fake news problem?
The math doesn’t add up, group contends, as Chicago schools lose students but gain funding – Prairie State Wire
October 22, 2017
No Comments
Illinois’ largest school district stands to benefit even more than it probably had hoped thanks to the education funding formula passed recently.
Don’t strangle tech industry in Illinois – Opinion – Quad Cities Times
October 22, 2017
No Comments
By Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.