Company wins piece of lucrative Cook County Jail contract after claiming disadvantaged minority status. But, the owner is a millionaire who doesn’t qualify for the designation.
Jailhouse Crock: Minority contract abuse at Cook Country jail – BGA
Wirepoints Original Stories
Commentary by Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski: A solution for Illinois’ state retirement crisis – Chicago Tribune*
What Illinois needs is a road map to reform that’s readily available when the state’s finances finally break down. At Wirepoints, we’ve laid out a path for fixing Illinois’ biggest problem: pensions.
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Gov. Pritzker’s Office Responds To Wirepoints’ Pension Report – Wirepoints
No substantive response, just name calling and labeling.
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Illinois’ COVID-19 data: Daily update for September 23, 2020 – Wirepoints
Daily COVID-19 data update for September 23, 2020.
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“Illinois’ numbers are so overwhelming. There’s no way that people in states that managed their affairs properly are going to pay to bail out Illinois and Chicago.” – Mark on with AM 560’s Dan Proft
Mark was on with with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson discussing Wirepoints' new report on the need for comprehensive pension reform, the push for a progressive tax and the potential for a federal bailout for irresponsible states like Illinois.
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Wirepoints’ reform plan can solve Illinois’ retirement crisis – Wirepoints Press Release
Wirepoints’ plan immediately cuts the state’s official unfunded pension and retiree health liabilities by over $70 billion, dropping debts to $120 billion from $192 billion. That reduction saves the state an average of $5 billion a year in retirement costs and reduces retirement costs as a share of the state’s budget to 17 percent from 26 percent.
