How Chicago, Illinois can prepare so workers don’t become obsolete

By Ravi Mishra

04/12/2024

Jobs are the best way to escape poverty, but the workplace will continue to change rapidly. To ensure Illinoisans don’t lose the jobs that lift them up, job skills will need to evolve along with education.

Chicago crime: Assaults up 7% for year, as women targeted

By Jon Josko, Hilary Gowins

04/11/2024

Assaults were up 7% for the year ended in March. Black Chicagoans were 5 times more likely to be assaulted, with Black women assaulted nearly as often as Black men – a much higher rate than women of other races. There’s a disturbing trend of targeted violence.

TAGS: Chicago, crime

Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power

By Mailee Smith, Hannah Schmid

04/11/2024

A 142-page leaked document contains hundreds of Chicago Teachers Union contract demands, from 100% abortion coverage to pay for surrogates, from housing students in old schools to a fleet of electric school buses. Then there are 180 more of the union’s favored, failing schools.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Illinois cities could significantly speed up new home, business construction

By Patrick Andriesen

04/09/2024

Illinois cities and villages could reduce from months to just days the time it takes to issue permits for new residential and commercial construction. Phoenix saw housing units increase 10% in a decade by cutting costly delays.

TAGS: affordable housing, zoning

Eradicating poverty through the dignity of work

By Matt Paprocki

04/09/2024

Illinois Policy Institute President Matt Paprocki told members of congress how the Center for Poverty Solutions is working to end poverty by boosting work opportunities. He said human dignity requires work rather than dependence.

What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union

By Brad Weisenstein

04/04/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union put its lobbyist in the Chicago mayor's office and is now negotiating its next contract with him. What taxpayers should know about CTU, how it's impacted education, its leadership and its ambitions to be the political machine running the nation's third-largest city.

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

Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count

By Paul Vallas

03/28/2024

Chicago Public Schools is changing its funding formula. It should be about student welfare and achievement. It’s really about keeping Chicago Teachers Union jobs intact even as enrollment drops.

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

Chicagoans suffer decade-high robberies, record-low arrest rate

By Patrick Andriesen

03/28/2024

Chicago saw more robbery victims in 2023 than in any year of the past decade, reporting 1 victim for every 250 residents. While crimes surged, robbery arrests hit a record low. Fewer cops is not helping.

TAGS: Chicago, crime

March Madness pushed Illinois sports wagers to $335M last year

By Dylan Sharkey

03/27/2024

Illinoisans are expected to again bet big on college sports during March, driven by March Madness. Sports wagers put $1B into Illinois government accounts last year, ranking it No. 3 in the U.S.

TAGS: March Madness

Editorial: Data can build understanding, help solve Chicago’s crime problem

By Hilary Gowins

03/27/2024

Violent crime in Chicago increased by 11.5% in 2023, but the city’s arrest rate dropped compared with 2022.

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How Chicago, Illinois can prepare so workers don’t become obsolete

Chicago crime: Assaults up 7% for year, as women targeted

Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power

Illinois cities could significantly speed up new home, business construction

Eradicating poverty through the dignity of work

What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count

Chicagoans suffer decade-high robberies, record-low arrest rate

March Madness pushed Illinois sports wagers to $335M last year

Editorial: Data can build understanding, help solve Chicago’s crime problem

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

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