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Crain's Chicago Business: Civic Fed gives lightest of praise to Pritzker's budget
In a report issued this morning, the group strongly suggests Pritzker needs to do more to stabilize finances before it can fully back him. In fact, it says, it would have opposed the $38.9 billion proposed spending plan had Pritzker last week not abruptly dropped plans for a partial pension-payment holiday.
State Journal-Register: House Republicans again say budget can be balanced without higher taxes
Illinois House Republicans repeated their position Thursday that the state can balance its budget next year without the tax increases sought by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
At the same time, the Republicans said they are open ideas like placing an assessment on the health insurance industry and legalizing sports betting as a way to generate revenue that will reduce the need for budget cuts.
Chicago Tribune: That's a wrap. Here are Rahm Emanuel's top controversies and accomplishments as Chicago's mayor
Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves office Monday. As he wraps up his second term at the helm of the nation’s third-largest city, here’s a look back at some of the controversies and accomplishments he encountered along the way.
Chicago Tribune: Ald. Proco Moreno sued by ex-girlfriend for defamation a day after charges he falsified theft of car
Liliya Hrabar thought someone might be playing a practical joke when Chicago police pulled her over in February and said the car she was driving had been reported stolen by her boyfriend, Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno.
The 35-year-old insurance broker from Des Plaines said she had been in regular contact with Moreno since borrowing the Audi A6 from him a few weeks earlier. When police placed her under arrest on Feb. 4, she said, she started looking around for a hidden camera.
Rockford Register-Star: Winnebago County Board tries to salvage 911 talks
The Winnebago County Board may decide next week which board members will help salvage negotiations with a coalition of municipalities that that the county is asking to help pay for 911 dispatch services.
Sheriff Gary Caruana and Loves Park Mayor Greg Jury held a news conference in February to announce that, after months of arduous talks, a coalition of municipalities would either begin paying or pay more for helping to operate the county’s 911 center.