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Pritzker ‘fair’ tax could cost typical Aurora family $550

By Joe Kaiser
03/02/2019
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker claims his progressive income tax will only affect the rich. But Illinoisans making as little as $26,100 would see an income tax hike under rates Pritzker cited in his budget address.

TAGS: Aurora, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

Forgotten Illinois: Aurora

By Joe Kaiser
12/08/2017
Two sides, one city.

TAGS: Aurora, Caterpillar, East Aurora High School, forgotten illinois, manufacturing, Richard Irvin, small business, West Aurora High School

School buses finally arrive for East Aurora students, but unfairness remains

By Mailee Smith
09/01/2017
Thousands of East Aurora students will be able to take buses to school for the first time, but the community still stands as an example of how school district decisions don’t always prioritize students.

TAGS: Aurora, education, pensions, teacher salaries

Illinois companies announce more than 2,100 mass layoffs in May

By Brendan Bakala
06/15/2017
1,120 of the jobs lost were in manufacturing and food processing.

TAGS: Aurora, jobs, manufacturing

In East Aurora, battle over busing is just the tip of the iceberg

By Mailee Smith
05/26/2017
In East Aurora, Illinois, the District 131 school board has approved a proposal to provide bus transportation for students, but the teachers union has balked at a quick implementation of the plan.

TAGS: Aurora, education, IFT: Illinois Federation of Teachers, labor, unions

East Aurora teachers union puts brakes on school busing

By Mailee Smith
05/10/2017
Unionized teachers in East Aurora demonstrate that unions are willing to put their own agendas above the wellbeing and education of students.

TAGS: Aurora, education, IFT: Illinois Federation of Teachers, labor, unions

Amazon received more than $112 million in EDGE tax credits in 2016

By Brendan Bakala
04/14/2017
In exchange for more than $112 million in tax breaks, Amazon promised to expand its Illinois operations and hire 7,200 new employees in Aurora, Monee and Joliet.

TAGS: Amazon, Aurora, cronyism, DCEO: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, jobs, Joliet, Monee, tax credits

After mass layoffs, a chilling look back at CAT’s plea for reforms

By Austin Berg
04/12/2017
In February 2012, Caterpillar’s then-CEO Doug Oberhelman outlined needed reforms to save Illinois manufacturing jobs. State lawmakers have failed to act, and the Land of Lincoln is the only state in the region to lose manufacturing jobs since.

TAGS: Aurora, Caterpillar, manufacturing, workers compensation

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Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America


America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare programs. In doing so,...

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Wilbert Adams Jr.

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014
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CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016

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