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Chicago Tribune: CPS students head back to class after a short summer as district aims for ‘recovery year’
Chicago Public Schools students are returning to classrooms Monday after a shorter-than-usual summer. The start date is one of the earliest in modern memory as the nation’s third-largest school district embarks on a “recovery year” following several COVID-19 disruptions.
The Center Square: Report details threat to future Illinois taxpayers posed by excessive borrowing
A report shows the state of Illinois has one of the largest debt liabilities in the country.
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, released its annual State Bonded Obligations publication, which highlights the risks posed to taxpayers by excessive borrowing.
Daily Herald: Hints of a comeback: Experts seeing signs of progress in suburban office market
When Adam Johnson finds himself sitting in traffic these days, instead of cursing his luck, he reminds himself that this inconvenience has a bright side for someone in his business.
“As an office guy, I can be angry I’m sitting in traffic,” said Johnson, NAI Hiffman executive vice president specializing in office capital markets. “But then I also have to be happy because that means people are coming back to work, which is good for us.”
As economic indicators go, it’s not the most scientific. Neither is the eyeball test Johnson employs when he says he sees more cars in office building parking lots. But the point remains, after a difficult couple of years, there is evidence of progress in the suburban office leasing market.
Chicago Tribune: New Chicago elections map cutting precincts significantly ahead of November general election
Following a primary where problems popped up at polling places citywide, Chicago election officials are preparing to shrink the number of voting precincts by nearly 40% and are squeezing the cuts in just months before the contentious midterm election in November.
How the new precinct boundaries will affect where voters go on Election Day has not yet been determined. But the cuts will likely be noticeable as they are nearly twice the size of the city’s precinct consolidation after the 2010 census.