Governor candidate Ives: ‘Every school district should be a unit district’ – Daily Herald
December 13, 2017
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Experts: Democratic candidates for governor float unworkable, expensive healthcare ideas – NewsBug
December 13, 2017
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Chicago offering gold-mine deal to one lucky concessionaire at O’Hare Airport – Chicago Business Journal
December 13, 2017
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Mining Set for a Comeback in Wisconsin After Scott Walker Ends 20-Year Moratorium – Governing
December 13, 2017
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The law could usher in a new era of mineral mining in Wisconsin, which has deposits of copper, zinc, gold and silver. Mining companies have conducted exploratory drilling in several areas of northern Wisconsin in recent years.
HUD’s new Midwest director was forced out as chairman of Illinois’ housing finance agency – The Southern
December 13, 2017
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Elmhurst City Council OKs property tax hike for pensions – IL Policy
December 13, 2017
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In spite of tax hike, ratings agency eyes change that could junk Illinois – INN
December 13, 2017
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Here’s Where the GOP Tax Plan Stands Right Now – Bloomberg
December 13, 2017
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CPS lawyer quits days after ethics report that cost Claypool his job – Chicago Sun-Times
December 13, 2017
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Surviving War, But Not The Veterans’ Home – WBEZ
December 13, 2017
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Since July 2015, 13 residents of a veterans’ home in west central Illinois have died from Legionnaires’ disease. Eleven families are suing the state for negligence.
Toni Preckwinkle Op-Ed: How GOP tax bill hurts County County health care
December 13, 2017
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Lewis Manilow dies, helped found Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago Sun-Times
December 13, 2017
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Southland homeowners feel impact of Cook’s flawed assessment system – Chicago Tribune
December 13, 2017
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Comment: The bigger problem in the south suburbs is the rates, not the assessment process. For that, you’d think the Tribune would use their own database of real, effective rates, rather than the confusing nominal rates used here. See our earlier article on that linked here.
Fitch Ratings: Illinois debt burden highest in nation – Wirepoints Original
December 13, 2017
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Fitch Ratings says Illinois is the worst in the nation when it comes to debt and pensions as a share of residents’ personal income. The state’s total debt amounted to more than 28 percent of Illinois residents’ personal income.
Major attention to Illinois emigration data from Wall Street Journal but nothing in Illinois press. What gives? – Quicktake
December 13, 2017
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Read, if you have access to it, that Wall Street Journal editorial headlined “Illinois Drives People Away.” The primary data it cites is this: The Prairie State lost a record $4.75 billion in adjusted gross income to other states in the 2015 tax year, according to recently IRS data released. That’s up from $3.4 billion in the prior year. Many of the migrants were retirees who often flock to balmier climes. But millennials accounted for more than a third of the net outflow in tax returns. That data should be on every front page, I wrote last week, but the
List of Top 200 Pension Earners Shows Potential for Big Payouts – WTTW
December 13, 2017
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It’s no surprise that working for the city can land someone a pretty sweet retirement deal. A taxpayer watchdog group Tuesday released a list of the top 200 pension earners in Chicago, and all of them make more than six figures annually. The top earner on that list could make more than $7 million off of taxpayers over his lifetime.