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WCIA Decatur used Wirepoints’ report to tell its story on Macon County’s loss of people. 93 counties in Illinois lost population between 2010 to 2018. Macon County suffered the 4th worst loss – over 6,000 people.
Comment: That’s what happens when you convey away full ownership of future sales tax revenue — when you sell body parts you haven’t even grown yet. Bond buyers may be happy, but for service recipients and taxpayers, we will be writing shortly about how this works.
From the resolution: “Restoring a safe and stable climate requires a Climate Mobilization, an emergency mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II in order to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy; to rapidly and safely drawdown and remove all the excess carbon from the atmosphere at emergency speed and until safe, pre-industrial climate conditions are restored; and to implement measures to protect all people and species from the consequences of abrupt climate breakdown …”
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Comment: To all of us who think Illinois taxes cause population loss, this article says “back that argument up before it carries you off to fantasyland — or to Indiana, whichever is worse.” They should have added, for all you Wirepoints commenters who’ve told us you’ve moved or plan to because of taxes — you’re all liars. CC: Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
While the cruise line’s initial Great Lakes offerings do not include Chicago, Milwaukee will serve as an origin point for several excursions.
Madigan’s home ward, the 13th on the Southwest Side, is receiving a special $10 million appropriation for street resurfacing, new streetlights and other improvements—a gift far larger than most and maybe all of the city’s other 49 wards are receiving.
The money was tucked into Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s huge new $45 billion capital program, the one that passed the Legislature last year with Madigan’s help. And though neither state officials nor especially Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration seem thrilled about it, both are going along with the move.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is seeking veto power over the selection of the public health system’s next leader, a move that comes after a $542,000 severance package and generous pension for the ousted CEO raised eyebrows.
In addition, Preckwinkle would get the power to directly appoint the chair of the health system’s board of directors. The new CEO also would be required to meet monthly with her, and the Preckwinkle-controlled Human Resources Bureau would wield the
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