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Local Government

CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Incentives For Referring A New Members

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

Are you already a member of the chamber? Well you're in luck because we have incentives for referring to new members during our drive!

Local Government

AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Mt. Sinai Workers Authorize Strike

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

Roughly 400 nursing assistants, patient care technicians, dietary workers, therapists, drivers who transport patients and food service workers, among other service workers employed by Sinai Health System and represented by Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois are prepared to go on strike if they can't reach an agreement with the hospital system.

Local Government

ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL: Your Cat Might Actually Like You

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

When it comes to cuddly and social pets, cats are stereotypically seen as benchwarmers.

Local Government

CITY OF CHICAGO: Mayor Lightfoot and City Budget Team Announce Results of 2020 Budget Survey and Town Hall Meetings

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the City’s budget team have concluded a series of Budget Town Hall meetings last week where nearly 2,600 residents, elected officials and other key stakeholders from across Chicago’s neighborhoods participated by sharing their views about how the City should address the 2020 budget and its long term financial and economic issues.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois tops Kiplinger’s list of 'least tax-friendly' states in nation

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | 9 days ago

Illinois has been named the nation’s 'least tax-friendly' state in a new analysis by Kiplinger.

From Prairie State Wire

U.S. Senate Resolution: No bailing out Illinois

By Karen Kidd | 9 days ago

The Land of Lincoln is suffering a number of financial woes, fueled in large part by unfunded pension liabilities, but neither Illinois nor any other state should expect a bailout from Uncle Sam, according to a resolution introduced into the senate last summer.

City of Chicago Transit Authority Finance Audit & Budget Committee will meet October 10

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Chicago Transit Authority Finance Audit & Budget Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, October 10.

City of Chicago Finance Audit and Budget Committee met August 14

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Chicago Finance Audit and Budget Committee met 9 a.m. Wednesday, August 14.

City of Chicago Transit Board met August 14

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Chicago Transit Board met 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 14.

City of Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will meet October 8

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8.

City of Winchester City Council met August 7

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Winchester City Council met Wednesday, Aug. 7.

City of Wheaton City Council met August 26

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

City of Wheaton City Council met Monday, Aug. 26.

Village of Brighton Village Board met August 12

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

Village of Brighton Village Board met Monday, Aug. 12.

Village of Cherry Valley Committee of the Whole met September 9

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

Village of Cherry Valley Committee of the Whole met Monday, Sept. 9.

Village of Cherry Valley Village Board of Trustees met September 3

By Philip Gonzales | Oct 8, 2019

Village of Cherry Valley Village Board of Trustees met Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Politics

Northwest Side GOP Club VP lashes out at mayor for Arena hiring, stifling 45th Ward alderman

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 7, 2019

Northwest Side GOP Club Vice President Ammie Kessem does not know what infuriates her more, the fact that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave former city alderman John Arena a six-figure job paid for by taxpayers, or the way Lightfoot has defended her actions since they became public knowledge.

Politics

Chicago's 39th Ward candidate raises questions about mayor's plan for set-asides for gay contractors

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 7, 2019

Candidate for Chicago's 39th Ward committeemen Barry Bebart is warning Mayor Lori Lightfoot that the 'set-asides' she wants to implement for gay city contractors may have the opposite effect of what she claims to be seeking.

Politics

Cook County GOP commissioner speaks out against set-aside contracts

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 7, 2019

Cook County Republican Board Commissioner Sean Morrison has a simple but stern philosophy when it comes to the way Chicago business is conducted.

Politics

Political strategist sees flaws in Chicago mayor's plan for set-aside contracts

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 7, 2019

Republican political strategist Chris Robling points to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan of creating 'set-asides' for city contractors who identify as gay as an example of good intentions gone awry.

Business

Chicago hotel/home sharing taxes “relatively high” versus peers

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 7, 2019

The Civic Federation recently reported that Chicago’s projected revenue from the city’s hotel accommodations tax for fiscal year 2019 is expected to be in the neighborhood of $126.3 million, with another $25.9 million to be generated from a hotel operators’ tax.