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Mayor Lori Lightfoot was warned Friday not to pile more “unfunded mandates” on Chicago businesses by raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour or supporting a stalled ordinance that would guarantee employees more predictable work schedules.
The warning came from Aldermen Gilbert Villegas (36th) and Matt O’Shea (19th) who, in addition to being on Lightfoot’s leadership team, represent Chicago wards that border the suburbs.
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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