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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I guess steel tariffs weren’t enough to keep this place open. Technology and the marketplace have bypassed Granite City and the inefficient and unprofitable way that steel was made there. It’s a shame for all who worked there and will lose their jobs.
This is BS from Duckworth.
LG will find a southern state with better transportation options.
Every southern state is more attractive than screwed up Illinois.
Duckworth isn’t discussing anything with LG executives
So the Mayor of Granite City’s response to a 1000 jobs employer closing its plant is to threaten them with EPA action? Wow. Yea, I want to come to Illinois and receive the same parting gifts from local officials.
The plant’s not closing, it will still retain 450 jobs with a new owner making pig iron for U.S. Steel. Bringing in the EPA could cause the plant to close, and lose those jobs as well, by making a cleanup so expensive it’s cheaper to close the place than clean it up to EPA standards. And the mayor didn’t seem to be concerned about any EPA violations before the sale of the plant.
Brain dead Duckworth thinks LG wants to come to high tax, business hostile, union racketeered Illinois — what a moron