Hey, Chicago’s next mayor: Cut the red tape and help all entrepreneurs thrive

By Michael Lucci

03/24/2015

City leaders should open the floodgates of opportunity for small businesses in Chicago.

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

03/23/2015

Live today at 2:30pm. Three state workers represented by the Liberty Justice Center have taken legal action to end the collection of fair share union dues in Illinois.

TAGS: litigation

Evanston safe from burdensome pedicab regulations … for now

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/20/2015

The proposed ordinance was so restrictive that one alderman likened it to “beating a mosquito with an automatic weapon.”

TAGS: Chicago, ordinance

Feds approve powdered alcohol, Chicago moves to ban it

By Austin Berg

03/20/2015

Chicago’s political priority list shouldn’t include addressing a new way to drink.

TAGS: Chicago, palcohol

Chicago’s pitch to pay down $32B in unfunded pension debt: A casino, state money for CPS and a pass on pension payments

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/19/2015

None of these proposals would even begin to address the Chicago’s pension crisis. The city needs reform, not revenue.

TAGS: Chicago, debt, pensions

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/18/2015

Just because a public entity wants land doesn’t mean it should be able to take it for any reason.

TAGS: Bryn Mawr Avenue, eminent domain, Kelo v. City of New London, NEIU, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, no cronies, property rights, Robyn Gabel

Fire safety: Carpentersville election exposes loophole allowing government-union board members

By Austin Berg

03/13/2015

Local-government employees are typically barred from serving in local elected office, given they’d be sitting on both sides of the bargaining table. But one group of public employees is exempt from this sensible safeguard: firefighters.

Pension crisis hits home: Wilmette

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/10/2015

Unfunded pension debt for police and fire pension funds in Wilmette has increased by 16 percent since 2009.

TAGS: pensions

Pension crisis hits home: Morton Grove

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/10/2015

Morton Grove's police pension fund has just 54 cents of every dollar it needs in the bank today to meet future pension payments.

TAGS: Morton Grove, pensions

Pension crisis hits home: Arlington Heights

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/10/2015

Whether they realize it or not, taxpayers in Arlington Heights have a lot of experience with the impact of rising pension costs.

TAGS: pensions

Chicago

Hey, Chicago’s next mayor: Cut the red tape and help all entrepreneurs thrive

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

Evanston safe from burdensome pedicab regulations … for now

Feds approve powdered alcohol, Chicago moves to ban it

Chicago’s pitch to pay down $32B in unfunded pension debt: A casino, state money for CPS and a pass on pension payments

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

Fire safety: Carpentersville election exposes loophole allowing government-union board members

Pension crisis hits home: Wilmette

Pension crisis hits home: Morton Grove

Pension crisis hits home: Arlington Heights

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students