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Some New Trier Township residents were stunned to see the assessed value of their homes jump by as much as 40, 60 or even 100 percent this year.
There are 383 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across the country. Illinois is home base for 10 of them. From July 2017 to July 2018, all 10 shrank.
That’s never happened before.
And he got the job.
Cook County led the nation in population decline.
Will Gov. J.B. Pritzker have to stop pushing for his graduated tax plan if the constitutional amendment makes it to the ballot?
Illinois state law bans the use of public funds to promote a ballot initiative as well as a constitutionally-elected officer from “campaigning for any elective office or for or against any referendum question.”
Transaction illustrates ‘dark money loophole,’ campaign finance experts say
Chicago ranked among the least popular urban commercial real estate markets in the world in the survey of institutional investors by A Fellowship for International Real Estate, or AFIRE, a Washington-based industry group. The survey confirms a growing belief that investors are growing wary of buying properties here amid expectations that income and property taxes will rise to plug gaping budget holes caused by unfunded public pensions.
Northwestern and U of C are barreling toward the $300,000 barrier for four years of undergraduate study—at their peril.
DCFS caseworkers have a tough job. Inconsistency at the top and understaffing make it worse.
Of companies that received funding, roughly 75 percent remain in Illinois. But as startups raise more money, they’re less likely to stay in-state. When looking at startups that raised $10 million or more, almost two-thirds are based outside of Illinois.
There were 22,000 fewer residents in the 14-county metro area than in 2017, a drop of 0.2 percent, and the first time since 2010 that the area’s population has slipped below 9.5 million people. Cook County, which accounts for 55 percent of the population in the metro area, lost 24,000 residents. DuPage and Lake counties, the second- and third-largest, respectively, each lost about 2,000 residents. The exurbs of Will, Kane and Kendall counties saw modest growth of fewer than 2,000 residents each.
Also see our related article linked here on the “town hall” meeting discussed herein.
Might as well have said, “If you have any questions about Illinois’ budget and pension crisis, buzz off and talk to the union guy.”
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