-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
"As always, the public sector dominates the top five in our annual ranking. Crain’s list of Chicago’s largest employers has a perennial chart-topper: the U.S. government. The private sector doesn’t even make an appearance on the list until we reach No. 4, while the public sector’s presence includes four of the top five spots and three other listings, making up 28 percent of our list entries." After the U.S. government, the top three are CPS and the City of Chicago.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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In most communities one or more government entities (including school districts) is the largest or one of the largest employers.
If the local school district was responsible for their proportionate share of the TRS pension unfunded liability, as they are for the IMRF unfunded liability, all of the school districts in Illinois would be in miserable financial condition.