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State Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, introduced HB 2969, the Balanced Earnings And Record Standards & Stadium Oversight Expectations Act, also known as the BEARS Act. The legislation proposes using a merit-based framework for determining when tax dollars can be used for public funding of sports stadiums, according to a news release.
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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Don’t we all have better things to do than entertain these foolish notions? Get to work on real problems, pols!
No funding for sports stadiums. IL is a financial nightmare and can’t even balance its budget
With the passing of McCaskey will the Bears be sold soon? She was holding back the potential sale so why give them money when someone will pay billions for the team.
https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears-mourn-passing-of-owner-virginia-halas-mccaskey
I’m still pinning my hope on the Winfrey Bears!
The article plays to the Democrat narrative that PDJT will be responsible for IL budget deficits, not Democrats out of control spending. As for the Bears now, who knows if they will be sold and/or move to TX.
Please make it stop — all the goofy talk about a new stadium. Unless some unit of government comes up with a billion dollars or so for infrastructure costs there will be no new stadium. That won’t happen.