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Lightfoot’s limos get 5 speed camera tickets, pay none

By Patrick Andriesen
07/28/2022
Mayor Lori Lightfoot just cried ‘safety’ in fending off an effort to curb the speed cameras that issued more tickets than Chicago has residents. But her travel detail has its own need for speed: 3 speed cam tickets and 2 warnings.

TAGS: Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, mayor, speed cameras, speed limit

CTU’s mayoral candidate lost. Now it would rather strike than deal with the winner.

By Mailee Smith
10/19/2019
Chicago Teachers Union backed Toni Preckwinkle for mayor of Chicago, donating nearly $300,000 to her campaign. But Lori Lightfoot won – and now CTU is on strike for the third time in seven years despite her generous offer.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, mayor, strike, Toni Preckwinkle

New bills would allow Chicagoans to recall mayor

01/30/2019
Lawmakers in Springfield have introduced a pair of bills that would provide a mechanism for Chicagoans to recall their mayor.

TAGS: Chicago, election, mayor

Chicago mayoral term limits small step closer to reality

By Joe Kaiser
09/05/2018
A group led by former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is one step closer to getting a binding referendum question on the November ballot that would place term limits on the mayor of Chicago.

TAGS: Chicago, mayor, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, term limits

Some Illinois village managers outearn every state governor

By Joe Kaiser
01/07/2018
The Mount Prospect village manager is set to receive a $214,000 salary in 2018, joining a long list of other Illinois municipal officials collecting similar and even larger paychecks.

TAGS: LGDF: Local Government Distributive Fund, mayor, property taxes

Illinois has some of the highest paid mayors in the world

By Joe Kaiser
03/22/2017
State and local tax hikes in Illinois have hurt economic growth, lowered the standard of living, and contributed to out-migration.

TAGS: Brad Stephens, LGDF: Local Government Distributive Fund, mayor, property taxes, Rosemont

Tribune investigation exposes Emanuel patronage politics

By Austin Berg
02/07/2015
Research found more than half of the mayor’s top 100 donors benefitted from city government, “receiving contracts, zoning changes, business permits, pension work, board appointments, regulatory help or some other tangible benefit.”

TAGS: Chicago, election, mayor, patronage, Rahm Emanuel

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Illinois Forward 2024: A sustainable state budget plan


After years of enhanced revenue from federal aid, a return to the basic principles of budgeting can put Illinois on the path to long-term financial stability

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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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