Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. They talk about the special session of the Illinois General Assembly, the major omnibus energy spending bill, the Pritzker Administration’s misleading comments on out-migration and all things Illinois.
See Wirepoints recent pieces on the subjects:
- Don’t fall for Pritzker administration’s misleading comments on Illinois’ population losses
- New IRS data reveals which states won and lost the competition for people and their wealth in 2019
- New IRS migration data: Illinois third-biggest loser of people, biggest loser of incomes, to other states in 2019
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
OT: Read the article on stopping wage theft as it contains many new requirements for businesses and on those who employ home workers. It also encodes seniority requirements into call-backs for hotel workers. This call-back rule is ironic given the Governor’s insistence on keeping the extended federal unemployment in place–perhaps the more senior workers would appreciate more time unemployed but will lose their place if they don’t take a job within five days of offer. The article doesn’t say, but perhaps the call-back rules don’t apply until the end of federal subsidies, which would be perfectly absurd but consistent with… Read more »