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Between 2013 and 2016, as fentanyl and its analogues became more widespread, opioid overdoses in the six-county Chicago area nearly doubled from 687 to 1,321, state records show.
A bevy of new, post-recession towers in the pipeline promise to change Chicago’s skyline in the near future.
The Comptroller will be able to apply nearly $6.5 billion of proceeds toward the repayment of outstanding vouchers.
TRS, the Illinois pension for teachers outside of Chicago, reported today that it generated a positive 12.6 percent rate of return, net of fees, during fiscal year 2017 (which ended on June 30) – a return that exceeded the System’s custom investment benchmark of 11.4 percent. TRS is the state’s biggest pension and accounts for roughly 60% of the state’s unfunded pension liability. That’s good news, but the problem is that TRS, like most Illinois pensions, just doesn’t have the assets on which good returns will return it to health. It’s funded ratio is just 39.8% according to the most
Two concepts are afoot in Washington.
Several alderman on Wednesday got a sneak preview of the city’s video presentation to the online giant, only to discover the narration is by none other than actor William Shatner.
Madison Industries founder and CEO Larry Gies and his wife, Beth Gies, who both graduated from U of I, made the donation, the school said in a statement today. The money will be used for scholarships, student programs and faculty recruitment and retention, said Jeffrey Brown, who is dean of what now is being called the Gies College of Business.
DePaul’s Institute of Housing Studies released the latest numbers in its Cook County House Price Index Wednesday showing that citywide prices are up just 5 percent during the first six months of 2017 compared with 2016.
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