Chicago Teachers Union president threatens strike

07/22/2019

The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to strike, as negotiations with the city begin to stretch into the coming school year. It would be the union’s third strike in seven years.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, teacher salaries

Former Ald. Willie Cochran sentenced to 1 year in prison

06/24/2019

A federal court sentenced former Chicago Ald. Willie Cochran to one year in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City Council, corruption, Willie Cochran

Chicago rolls out e-scooter pilot program

06/21/2019

Thousands of electric scooters have arrived in Chicago as part of a four-month pilot program.

TAGS: Chicago, e-scooters, scooters, transportation

Lightfoot moves to reform infamous Chicago workers’ comp program

06/21/2019

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called out Ald. Ed Burke after corruption indictments. Now she is reforming the city’s mismanaged workers’ compensation program that a lawsuit said Burke used to build a political army.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City Council, Ed Burke, Lori Lightfoot, workers compensation

Lightfoot must pursue pension reform, reasonable labor contracts to fix Chicago’s budget

By Bill Reveille

06/17/2019

Persistent budget deficits, enormous and growing pension obligations, a high debt burden and labor contract negotiations all await Lori Lightfoot as she settles into office.

TAGS: budget, Chicago, Chicago City Council, Lori Lightfoot, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions

Lightfoot calls for independent commission to redraw Chicago’s 50 wards

06/13/2019

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot voiced support for establishing a fair mapmaking process in Chicago ahead of the 2020 census.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City Council, gerrymandering, Lori Lightfoot

Chicago Ald. Ed Burke indicted on 14-count corruption charge, pleads not guilty

06/04/2019

Chicago’s longest-serving alderman pleaded not guilty to a host of new federal corruption charges.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City Council, corruption, Ed Burke

Chicagoans could pay nearly $1 per gallon in taxes alone under Pritzker capital plan

05/31/2019

Drivers filling up in Chicago could see an effective per-gallon gas tax burden of 39% under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed capital spending plan.

TAGS: Chicago, gas tax, JB Pritzker, taxes

Illinois Supreme Court upholds controversial Chicago food truck restrictions

05/29/2019

The Illinois Supreme Court sided with the city of Chicago following a yearslong court battle over some of the nation’s toughest food truck restrictions.

TAGS: Chicago, food trucks, Illinois Supreme Court, regulations

The Windy City blows away your holiday travel dollars

By Brad Weisenstein

05/19/2019

Illinois stands above its peers when it comes to taxing residents. But Chicago makes it really something to behold when visitors see that famous skyline with all its tall taxes.

TAGS: amusement tax, Chicago, gas tax, parking violations, sales tax, taxes, transportation

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Chicago Teachers Union president threatens strike

Former Ald. Willie Cochran sentenced to 1 year in prison

Chicago rolls out e-scooter pilot program

Lightfoot moves to reform infamous Chicago workers’ comp program

Lightfoot must pursue pension reform, reasonable labor contracts to fix Chicago’s budget

Lightfoot calls for independent commission to redraw Chicago’s 50 wards

Chicago Ald. Ed Burke indicted on 14-count corruption charge, pleads not guilty

Chicagoans could pay nearly $1 per gallon in taxes alone under Pritzker capital plan

Illinois Supreme Court upholds controversial Chicago food truck restrictions

The Windy City blows away your holiday travel dollars

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

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