Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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.
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Nothing in this report incentivizes business to locate in Illinois. The tenets contained therein actually do the exact opposite. Illinois politicians seem to embrace only policies designed to make doing business in Illinois more expensive than surrounding states, much less states who show themselves to be hungry for development, unlike Illinois. The blue states continue to bleed jobs and taxpayers daily, even while pursuing policies that accelerate the exodus.
With so-called leaders like this, Illinois is doomed.
Holy crap. This report by a so-called neutral commission basically reads like a love letter to organized labor. With the exception of this from the manufacturers: Illinois manufacturers employ more than 560,000 women and men on factory floors today in jobs that average more than $88,000 in wages and benefits. Manufacturing contributes the single largest share of the state’s economy. Ninety-two percent of manufacturing workers have some form of employer-provided health care. While manufacturing, agribusiness, and the life science and healthcare are designated in the state’s economic focus, they are largely ignored in this report or deemed to no longer… Read more »