As a part of INVEST South/West, the city pledges to commit $220 million in tax-increment financing dollars, $30 million from the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund along with $500 million in planned infrastructure investments and partnerships with sister city agencies. The city needs to raise an additional $250 million from private companies. BMO bank has pledged $10 million.

Comment: It’s bad now, but it wasn’t that long ago that even murder trials were fixed.

“Take Chicago….”

Data show that most Illinoisians aren’t moving to Iowa. Instead, they’re bailing for different Midwestern states.