Seal-Rite Door exits Rockford for Wisconsin
Seal-Rite Door exits Rockford for Wisconsin
Seal-Rite’s doors are hardly the first to close in Illinois and reopen in the Badger State.
Fitch warns against CTBA’s reckless pension plan
Fitch warns against CTBA’s reckless pension plan
Fitch Ratings has issued a warning about a pension plan pushed by one Illinois think tank, which includes no reform and would harm the state’s credit rating. The response from the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability proves how indefensible the plan really is.
Illinois pension guarantee: stuck
Illinois pension guarantee: stuck
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Chicago Tribune: 'It's never been as challenging as it is right now': Frustrated BNSF riders air complaints about delays, overcrowding Chicago Tribune: Vote delayed on plan to limit Chicago tax subsidies on downtown construction projects State Journal-Register: Pritzker suggests tax help for small businesses to cope with minimum wage WTTW Chicago Tonight: Charter Strike Over, But Does it Signal Changing Time in Chicago? Elgin Courier-News: Tentative deal reached in Geneva School District 304; classes to resume Tuesday WBEZ: Police Union Seeks To Kick Out Its Former President Daily Herald: Dist. 211 board says impasse with teachers continues as strike date looms Daily Herald: Elgin residents have been hearing loud 'booms.' They want city, state to fix problem. Rockford Register-Star: Winnebago County Board re-examines $1.7M Loves Park subsidy Peoria Journal-Star: School sales tax closer to Tazewell ballot reappearance after Washington approvalMore than 70 Belleville-area school retirees are pension millionaires
More than 70 Belleville-area school retirees are pension millionaires
Pension payouts collected by the Belleville area’s top-earning school retirees underscore the need to reform Illinois’ unaffordable pension system.
Steel manufacturer shutters Illinois plant, takes 100 jobs to Indiana
Steel manufacturer shutters Illinois plant, takes 100 jobs to Indiana
Alliance Steel Corp. will move 100 jobs to Gary, Indiana, with plans to add 30 more.
Happy 200th Birthday, Illinois
Happy 200th Birthday, Illinois
Carterville passes largest property tax hike in city history to pay for pensions
Carterville passes largest property tax hike in city history to pay for pensions
Pension costs now consume nearly 70 percent of the city’s annual property tax levy. It may not be enough.
Chicago anticipated to be nation’s weakest major housing market in 2019
Chicago anticipated to be nation’s weakest major housing market in 2019
A study by realtor.com ranks the Chicago region’s housing market slowest of 100 U.S. metro areas for 2019. That stat could be fixed, or made worse.
Happy birthday: The solution that never was to Illinois’ pension crisis
Happy birthday: The solution that never was to Illinois’ pension crisis
Illinoisans should know lawmakers in the past made big moves to fix the state's worst-in-the-nation pension crisis. It’s politically possible. They just need a little reminder of our history.
Rock Island County hikes property taxes by nearly 12 percent
Rock Island County hikes property taxes by nearly 12 percent
County board members narrowly voted to hike the county’s property tax levy by nearly 12 percent to make up for a $500,000 shortfall.
Geneva teachers union strike leaves 5,800 students in the lurch
Geneva teachers union strike leaves 5,800 students in the lurch
Six years after last threatening to strike, the teachers union walked the picket line – a collective bargaining tactic not allowed in any of Illinois’ neighboring states.
Springfield Satanic Statue
Springfield Satanic Statue
Repeal Day: Illinois’ sobering alcohol taxes, regulations a reminder of Prohibition
Repeal Day: Illinois’ sobering alcohol taxes, regulations a reminder of Prohibition
With the ratification of the 21st Amendment, 1933 marked the end of Prohibition in the United States. The Land of Lincoln, however, has continued to serve a cocktail of prohibitive regulations on alcoholic beverages.