3.2.2015
- WSJ: Debt-Saddled Municipal Budgets Get a Lifeline
- Daily Journal: Changing faces challenge Illinois
- Forbes: Teacher Labor Supply
- WirePoints: S&P’s Warning to Chicago Ignored by Local Press
- Crains: How Chicago is becoming a hub of connected-car technology
- Crains: Why even mid-sized trading firms are hurting
- Forbes: Why Robots Will Be The Biggest Job Creators In World History
- Washington Times: Do the rich pay their fair share?
- Chicago Tribune: CTA to double speed of some downtown buses that crawl at 3 mph
- Daily Herald: Buffalo Grove tries again to plan for economic success
Illinois unions wrote the laws they blame in ‘fair share’ debate
Unions say state law forces them to represent all government workers – even those who don’t want to belong to a union. The catch? That’s what unions asked for.
Illinois pension plans 39% funded, taxpayers on the hook for $105 billion in liabilities: It will get worse
Numerous U.S. pension plans are in deep, deep trouble, and Illinois is at the top of the list. Plan assumptions cannot and will not be met.
Illinois millennials’ dual debt crises: Who’s to blame?
Baby boomers have saddled young Illinoisans with a grossly unfair burden.
Moody’s hits Chicago with credit downgrade, cites pensions
Chicago’s credit rating trails only Detroit among major U.S. cities. This morning, it got worse.
