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Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

By Ben Szalinski
11/15/2019
Many Illinois municipalities have voted to ban or restrict marijuana sales when it becomes legal for sale. Here’s a list of where pot will, won’t and might be legally bought.

TAGS: Arlington Heights, bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, cannabis, carbondale, Carol Stream, Chicago, city of springfield, collar counties, Collinsville, counties, Danville, decatur, Downers Grove, DuPage County, edwardsville, elmhurst, ganja, grayslake, Highland Park, Joliet, Lake Forest, lake zurich, legalization, libertyville, Lombard, marijuana, mundelein, municipal government, naperville, northbrook, Oak Park, plainfield, prohibition, schaumburg, urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton, winnetka

Most of Lake County’s largest communities are shrinking

By Austin Berg
07/09/2018
Many communities in the northern Illinois border county are having trouble attracting and retaining residents.

TAGS: Buffalo Grove, Gurnee, Highland Park, Lake County, mundelein, North Chicago, outmigration, population, Round Lake Beach, vernon hills, Waukegan, Wheeling, Winthrop Harbor

Mundelein spends more than $300K on welcome signs

By Vincent Caruso
04/30/2018
The Lake County village will tap into its savings account to help cover the costs.

TAGS: mundelein, municipal pensions, property taxes, waste

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Budget + Tax / Research Report

Power in payments: Illinois can help unbanked residents, save money by adopting best practices in payment methods


Each year, tens of billions of dollars flow through Illinois state government.1 These flows all depend on methods of payment. In deciding on those payment methods, policymakers must consider a number of important factors, including security controls, cost effectiveness, accessibility, speed and allowance for choice. This report shows that by adopting best practices across all...

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Labor / Your Story

Ifeoma Nkemdi

Jobs + Growth / Policy Point

Policy lessons from Illinois’ exodus of people and money

By J. Scott Moody, Wendy Warcholik
07/07/2014
Illinois Policy In the News

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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