Illinois spends $750K a year on closed prison, and some politicians want to spend millions reopening it
Effective reform will not include opening old prisons or throwing taxpayer dollars toward building new ones.
Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits
Chicago’s $1.15 billion projected budget gap is the latest in a decades-long string of structural deficits. Making Chicago’s high taxes worse is not the solution.
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