Report: Dashcam equipment in Chicago police vehicles ‘intentionally’ destroyed

By Bryant Jackson-Green

01/28/2016

80% of Chicago dashcam audio systems are malfunctioning due "to operator error or in some cases intentional destruction."

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department, criminal justice reform, dashcam video, police body cameras

Madigan’s budget solution is to make Illinois the most heavily taxed state in the Midwest

By Michael Lucci

01/28/2016

Instead of spending reform and policies to promote economic growth, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan proposes the same high-taxing, big-spending plans that got Illinois into its current fiscal mess.

TAGS: taxes

Full text: Gov. Rauner’s 2016 State of the State address

By illinoispolicy

01/27/2016

Transcript, provided by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office, of his 2016 State of the State address, as prepared for delivery, to the General Assembly on January 27, 2016.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, State of the State

Center of Chicago red-light-camera scandal found guilty on all charges

By Austin Berg

01/27/2016

A federal jury convicted former transportation official John Bills of fraud, extortion, bribery and more.

TAGS: Chicago, red light cameras

Illinois’ fiscal problems drive away GE, spur talk of bankruptcy, pension reform

01/26/2016

The state must get its financial affairs in order by allowing municipal bankruptcy and enacting real pension reforms.

TAGS: bankruptcy

Pensions vs. schools

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

01/26/2016

Since 2009, 89 cents of every new dollar for education goes to teacher pensions

Rauner bringing Illinois government into 21st century with new tech agency

By Austin Berg

01/25/2016

The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology will tackle one of the state’s most important management problems – an outdated IT system that wastes taxpayer money.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, DOIT: Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology

Illinois employers give warnings of at least 500 layoffs

By Austin Berg

01/25/2016

Illinois businesses gave notice of impending layoffs in December as the state ended 2015 with fewer jobs than it had at the start of the year.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, WARN

CTU president concedes possibility of CPS ending annual multimillion-dollar practice of teacher ‘pension pickups’

By Ted Dabrowski

01/22/2016

CTU President Karen Lewis has acknowledged that CPS is in dire straits – and that her union may have to make concessions in contract negotiations, including ending the practice of the school district – meaning taxpayers – picking up the majority of teacher contributions toward pensions, which has cost $1.3 billion since 2006.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Bankruptcy talk hits Chicago: Illinois governor proposes bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools

01/22/2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican state lawmakers have proposed bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools; Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected the idea of bankruptcy, repeating his demand that Illinois taxpayers bail out the struggling school district.

TAGS: bankruptcy, Chicago

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Report: Dashcam equipment in Chicago police vehicles ‘intentionally’ destroyed

Madigan’s budget solution is to make Illinois the most heavily taxed state in the Midwest

Full text: Gov. Rauner’s 2016 State of the State address

Center of Chicago red-light-camera scandal found guilty on all charges

Illinois’ fiscal problems drive away GE, spur talk of bankruptcy, pension reform

Pensions vs. schools

Rauner bringing Illinois government into 21st century with new tech agency

Illinois employers give warnings of at least 500 layoffs

CTU president concedes possibility of CPS ending annual multimillion-dollar practice of teacher ‘pension pickups’

Bankruptcy talk hits Chicago: Illinois governor proposes bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

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