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Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, on Wednesday joined Senate President John Cullerton in taking a wait-and-see attitude on Sandoval, whose home and Senate offices have been searched by federal agents.
“What’s at stake really isn’t money, at least in the form of pay hikes. The outcome of the standoff will determine who will have the power over Chicago Public Schools—who will control and set priorities…. This confrontation, whether it leads to a strike or not, pivots on both sides’ willingness to change the nature of the relationship between City Hall and one of its major labor unions.
“Lightfoot wants the power to remain where it has resided for decades, with the mayoral-controlled Chicago Board of Education…. The CTU, meanwhile, wants a rewrite…CTU’s demands stem from and in
Illinois’ housing price growth remains well below the national average because of lagging demand, caused in large part by tax policies that make people hesitant to spend.
Richard Porter, Republican National Committeeman: “[When asked about bankruptcy for Chicago] Lightfoot replied: “That can’t be done legally.” Lightfoot is correct: The legislature in Springfield needs to pass a law to authorize municipal bankruptcies. Lawmakers need to pass a law; that’s what lawmakers do. Indeed, Democrats just passed 591 laws; Lightfoot needs her friends in Springfield to pass one more. She doesn’t need help from President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or any Republicans; there’s no gridlock preventing this from happening.”
Comment: Nothing on the structural remedies we discuss here. Mostly a compilation of economic development plans already known.
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If you think smoke-filled back rooms are a thing of the past for Chicago-area politicians, think again.
An upscale cigar shop and lounge in southwest suburban Countryside is proving to be an intriguing — and, until now, little-known — link to political players involved in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.
The business, Casa
Since Justice Burke joined the Supreme Court in 2006, a WBEZ analysis has identified 10 cases in which she participated at the same time her husband’s firm was being paid by parties in those cases to cut their property tax burdens. Those entities included banks, a big Chicago landlord, a suburban shopping mall, a prominent downtown hospital and ComEd.
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