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Illiniosans, don’t ask. The full research report is linked here.
The problem is pensions, said Jim Tobin, president of Chicago-based Taxpayers United of America. “Most people have no idea that over 19,000 government retirees are receiving pensions over $100,000 a year,” he said, speaking in Peoria on Tuesday.
A recent decision by a federal appeals court in Chicago likely forebodes a legal fight before the U.S. Supreme Court over the fate of so-called local right-to-work zones in Illinois and throughout the country.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a brief written statement Tuesday saying the Justice Department will file “a statement of interest” opposing the plan. Sessions says it is “imperative” that Chicago “not repeat the mistakes of the past,” adding that “the safety of Chicago depends on it.”
Somewhat under the radar, 87 out of 102 counties in Illinois have merged the recorder of deeds office with the county clerk’s office. Another three are working toward it, including Cook County, Winnebago County and McHenry County. Adams County did it in 2004. Tazewell in 2012. McLean in 2013 and Peoria in 2016. In all of those counties, the move was preceded by voters approving the mergers.
Rauner gets a ‘B.’
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/workers-at-city-colleges-of-chicago-hit-picket-lines-to-force-contract-talks/0d3f988c-13fb-4e64-81d7-c50364a07511
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