Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
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I wouldn’t make evenhandedness a requirement, tho. It might just exhaust them and lead to their retreat. I say let ’em battle it out, full bore, no holds barred. Get people talking, engaged.
I think the media is extremely biased, and glad handing. Like the national media, they are progressives, liberals. In many cases, they don’t understand finance. Most certainly don’t know their way around a balance sheet. They are more interested in currying favor than hard reporting and doing research-while basing that research on unbiased hypothesis rather than biased opinion. It’s pretty easy to do research if you are looking to confirm an opinion rather than actual fact finding, stat gathering and then comparing it to see what’s real and what’s spin. The abject horror of the Illinois and Chicago finances were… Read more »