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The Center Square: Analyst: Illinois must reverse anti-business climate to grow jobs
With a new survey showing Illinois ranked No. 2 in the nation for the number of small businesses planning to lay off employees in the coming months, an analyst said state government needs to reverse its anti-business climate to grow jobs.
lllinois has some of the strictest regulations on businesses in the country, Bryce Hill of the Illinois Policy Institute said. The state must address that if it wants to improve its jobs outlook.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago police officer suspended 100 days for kicking handcuffed suspect in head and failing to properly activate body camera
A Chicago police officer is facing a 100-day suspension for kicking a handcuffed suspect during an arrest four years ago — actions he later blamed on the “high stress nature of the incident.”
A review by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability found that Officer Jairam Ramkumar stomped and kicked the suspect “without justification” and failed to properly activate his body camera during the confrontation.
The Center Square: Realtors: Signs point to housing prices coming down in Illinois
For over two years, home prices were unstoppable, but the landscape may be changing.
Prices were up 4% in July in Illinois compared to last year, but the increase was smaller than the month before.
Chicago Tribune: Australian tollway firm agrees to buy majority stake in Chicago Skyway for $2 billion
Atlas Arteria, an Australian toll road company, has agreed to buy a 67% stake in the Chicago Skyway from two Canadian pension funds for $2 billion.
The deal, announced Tuesday, would give the publicly traded firm majority control of the 7.8-mile elevated toll road connecting the Dan Ryan Expressway to the Indiana Toll Road on Chicago’s South Side, pending approval from regulators and the city.
Chicago Sun-Times: Another one bites the dust: Ald. Reboyras chooses retirement over difficult reelection campaign
Another week, another member of the Chicago City Council who’s “tired of this” and not running for reelection.
Former Public Safety Committee Chair Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th), one of the police union’s staunchest supporters, is the eighth council member to choose retirement over a difficult reelection campaign.
The Center Squared: Illinois cities not retirement friendly, according to ranking
A new report ranks 182 cities across the country using certain metrics to determine which cities are the best to retire.
Illinois placed just two cities on the list.