Chicago Tribune

Same old, same old: New Cook County budget hikes spending, taxes and fees

By Austin Berg

11/25/2015

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle resorted to the same tired formula that has all but bankrupted Chicago.

TAGS: budget, Cook County, fees, taxes

FBI seizes files as Chicago aldermen oust oversight

By Austin Berg

11/17/2015

Chicago aldermen are now operating without a city watchdog.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption

Illinois Corruption Watch: October 2015

11/04/2015

October saw a former Chicago Public Schools CEO plead guilty to wire fraud and several other instances of criminal charges and civil lawsuits against public officials, as well as crony deals between businesses and government.

TAGS: corruption

Chicago aldermen move to shackle rideshare drivers with licensing scheme

By Austin Berg

10/23/2015

As companies such as Uber fight to bring driving jobs to underserved neighborhoods, City Council wants to require expensive licensing in exchange for access to customers at airports.

TAGS: rideshare

Cook County plans to hike taxes on bowling, golf and cable TV

By Austin Berg

10/15/2015

“Pay to play” might take on a whole new meaning in Chicago.

TAGS: amusement tax, Cook County, sales tax

Win more than $600 in the Illinois Lottery? You get an IOU

By Hilary Gowins

10/14/2015

Illinois Lottery IOU

The state budget impasse is having increasingly embarrassing consequences.

TAGS: budget, illinois lottery

Illinois falling backward: 2,200 workers saw mass layoffs in September

By Austin Berg

10/07/2015

Manufacturing workers continue to receive pink slips in Illinois.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment, WARN, workers compensation

ConAgra move to Chicago is bittersweet for Illinoisans

By Austin Berg

10/07/2015

Downtown appeal and state-issued tax credits mask a discouraging jobs climate statewide.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, ConAgra, DCEO: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, Pat Quinn, tax credits

CPS pensions: From retirement security to political slush fund

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

10/06/2015

CPS leaders have brought the teachers’ pension fund to the brink of insolvency. Now they’re counting on taxpayers to clean up the mess.

Chicago tax collector hath arrived with massive tax hike

10/01/2015

Emanuel says, ‘we haven’t left any stone unturned ... not done yet’

TAGS: Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, sales tax

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