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Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for August 8, 2020 – Wirepoints
Daily COVID-19 data update for August 8, 2020 with new interactive graphics.
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Illinois, Get Real If You Truly Want The Federal Money You Banked On – Wirepoints
The blame game may work, but that doesn't mean the funding will come through.
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Tillman v. Pritzker Lawsuit Over Constitutionality Of Certain Illinois Bonds Reversed And Remanded To Allow Case To Proceed – Updated – Wirepoints
This is correctly decided for reasons we wrote last year.
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Mendoza, Pritzker warn of budget cuts without federal money – Center Square
Ted Dabrowski said the state had problems long before COVID-19 and now is an opportune time to get reforms in places to shore up how the state spends the taxpayers’ money. “This is a big chance for him to actually be the guy that fixed Illinois, he’d be the first guy to actually solve Illinois’ problems. Right now we don’t hear any of that at all.”
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The facts support in-person learning for most Illinois schools. Case study: New Trier High School District 203 – Wirepoints
It’s only natural for parents and teachers to be worried about the impact of returning students to the classroom. But it’s important to look at the science and data of the coronavirus. The reality is children are far less likely to get infected with COVID-19, are far less likely to get seriously ill, and are far less likely to spread the virus to adults and other children.
I’m sure the woke will throw in a $15 per hour, healthcare and mandatory union and residency requirements onto the investors too!
Articale confirms how wildly over optimistic illinois pol think they’ll bring in a year–$60 million & $240 mill from initial licensing?? When new New Jersey has only brought in $13 mill so far this year..or maybe ill pols dont care, they can just throw out some phoney estimate of projected revenue and the let the bond issuance/spending palloza begin!!!
Cook County needs an extra 2% to prop up their criminal justice system? So legalized sports gambling increases the cost of law enforcement? If that’s the case, shouldn’t every county judicial system be reimbursed 2% by the state? Leave it to Cook County to never pass up an opportunity to add a surcharge to the state’s surcharge. What a joke.
Not that I’d ever think that readers here might be familiar with the commonly used, illegal betting sites, but isn’t the vig typically 10%? With those kinds of taxes going to the state, can the state be competitive? Is anybody going to switch to the new, legal places? If anybody knows, help me out on that.
Money grows on trees, didn’t you know? If you tax it, the revenue will come!