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Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub wants to oust House Minority leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) from the driver's seat and then turn Illinois around.
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What started as one man fighting being forced to pay union fees might change business as usual for unions across the country.
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Illinoisans are sinking under mounting state debt, and the future doesn't hold any hope for a lifeline, the founder of the non-profit Truth in Accounting said on "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show recently.
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Jason Hill, a philosophy professor at DePaul University in Chicago, remembers coming to America from Jamaica in 1985 with $120 in his pocket and a desire to achieve the American dream.
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Cook County is the most unfair legal jurisdiction in the country, according to the Institute for Legal Reform.
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A parochial school's moral obligation to its students creates a different relationship between teacher and student than that in public schools, Gerald Lordan, a social studies teacher at Fenwick High School, contends.
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As of Monday, when Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill 31 into law, police in Illinois may not detain, arrest or even search a person based on immigration status.
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Illinois Republicans and Democrats have been squaring off over a tax credit scholarship proposal that is included in the state's public funding measure, Senate Bill 1.
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Lynn Dunagan’s passion for firearms and shooting at gun ranges didn’t happen overnight.
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Suburban property taxpayers would be on hook for CPS’ $17B in debt if schools bill becomes state law
A measure that would require homeowners in Chicago’s suburbs to pay off Chicago Public Schools’ $17 billion in debt is expected to go to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk for his signature later this month.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner believes House Speaker Mike Madigan practices "legislative extortion," hurting the state in order to advance his own agenda, according to remarks Rauner made on a Chicago radio show recently.
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Suburban property taxpayers would be on hook for CPS’ $17B in debt if schools bill becomes state law
A measure that would require homeowners in Chicago’s suburbs to pay off Chicago Public Schools’ $17 billion in debt is expected to go to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk for his signature later this month.
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Mike “Mish” Shedlock, who runs the blog “MishTalk.com,” believes imposing more taxes on Illinoisans with the biggest pensions can solve the pension crisis.
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Freezing property taxes is nothing close to a panacea for what is plaguing Illinois, according to Patrick Hughes, co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project.
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Weather Channel co-founder John Coleman does not believe in climate change. He believes in politics.
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A penny-per-ounce tax on sugary and artificial drinks has been put on hold by a circuit judge who issued a temporary restraining order requested by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and other grocers, according to ABC 7.
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The best thing lllinois can do at this point is disappear, a Chicago Tribune columnist said on a Chicago-based radio talk show recently.
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Chicago taxpayers will see a total of $895 million in state income tax increases after SB 9, a tax hike measure, passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate to become law.
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Mike “Mish” Shedlock, a senior fellow at the Illinois Policy Institute and financial adviser at Washington state-based Sitka Pacific Capital Management, has independently confirmed that Chicago’s police pension is poised to be broke before 2021.
'This will never, ever end;' Chicago schools demand more even as they hemorrhage students
Burr Ridge mayor angers Durkin with decision to run against him
Socialist state rep. demands Chicago "rent control;" would be a boon to capitalist landlords
Collective bargaining described as plaguing schools with absent teachers
D'Amico challenger decries forcing Illinoisans to pay double mortgages, in effect
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