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Chicago’s police pension bailout in the General Assembly's budget deal this summer could be derailed if the state continues to empty out as Illinoisans flee for better tax climates and opportunities elsewhere, a researcher for a fiscal advocacy group said.
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An advisory referendum allowing Cook County voters to decide whether recreational marijuana should be legal for people age 21 and older could be on the March 20 ballot.
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At least one Illinois business expert says Chicago has put together a package Amazon can't resist.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to preserve the Affordable Care Act will force up health-care premiums next year for Illinoisans who are not Medicaid-eligible, according to C. Steven Tucker, the founder of HealthInsuranceMentors.com.
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Dr. Kent Mercado says President Donald Trump might have just saved his business.
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Elgin has some big names coming to town.
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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.
