PolitiFact fumbles fact-check: Education funding proposal is a CPS bailout

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

08/02/2017

Analysis from PolitiFact Illinois and the Better Government Association misreads or ignores Chicago Public Schools bailout provisions within Senate Bill 1.

TAGS: BGA: Better Government Association, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, PolitiFact, Senate Bill 1

Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

08/01/2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto strips a Chicago bailout from Senate Bill 1, among other changes.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, Senate Bill 1, veto

Chicago Public Schools bailout threatens 20 Metro East schools from opening on time

By Eric Kohn

07/28/2017

Twenty school districts in the Metro East rely on the state for 30 percent or more of their total revenue.

TAGS: budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, Senate Bill 1

Rahm denies Cubs night game request, continues long-standing city feud

07/28/2017

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has emphatically denied the Cubs’ request for more night games at Wrigley Field – continuing the decades-old hostile relationship between the team and city government.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Rahm Emanuel, regulations

Chicago bailout puts downstate and suburban students at risk of missing school

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

07/27/2017

In trying to force a Chicago bailout, proponents of Senate Bill 1 are throwing hundreds of thousands of downstate and suburban students into limbo.

TAGS: budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education

Rauner signs bill prohibiting cost-of-living adjustments for lawmakers

By Amy Korte

07/27/2017

HB 643 will prevent the $50,000 daily cost of special sessions from rising even higher in fiscal year 2018.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Senate Bill 1, special session

Manufacturing giant passes up Illinois for Wisconsin

By Marianna Schmiesing

07/26/2017

News outlets have reported that Foxconn will announce plans to build a production plant in Wisconsin that could employ up to 13,000 workers.

TAGS: Foxconn, manufacturing, right to work, Wisconsin, workers compensation

With district spending up, CPS schools still face cuts amid shrinking enrollment

By Robert Brutvan

07/26/2017

CPS’ 2017-18 budget shows cuts for many schools as student populations shrink, despite an increase in per-pupil spending for the district as a whole.

TAGS: budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, Senate Bill 1

Rauner calls special session on education finance bill

By Brendan Bakala

07/24/2017

The special session will deal with Senate Bill 1, an education finance bill that contains an annual $215 million pension bailout for Chicago Public Schools.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, pensions, Senate Bill 1

Martwick, property tax lawyer, fails to disclose political cash

By Austin Berg

07/22/2017

State Rep. Robert Martwick blamed “poorly written” ethics laws for his failure to disclose income from political consulting work.

TAGS: campaign finance, ethics, property taxes, Robert Martwick

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PolitiFact fumbles fact-check: Education funding proposal is a CPS bailout

Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill

Chicago Public Schools bailout threatens 20 Metro East schools from opening on time

Rahm denies Cubs night game request, continues long-standing city feud

Chicago bailout puts downstate and suburban students at risk of missing school

Rauner signs bill prohibiting cost-of-living adjustments for lawmakers

Manufacturing giant passes up Illinois for Wisconsin

With district spending up, CPS schools still face cuts amid shrinking enrollment

Rauner calls special session on education finance bill

Martwick, property tax lawyer, fails to disclose political cash

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