What you need to know about ‘Bring Chicago Home’

By Dylan Sharkey

03/07/2024

Chicago’s March 19 primary election includes Mayor Brandon Johnson’s real estate transfer tax hike to raise $100 million, dubbed “Bring Chicago Home.” Will higher taxes without a plan help homeless Chicagoans or hurt their job prospects?

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, real estate transfer tax

Chicago Teachers Union wants housing assistance for teachers making nearly $100K

By Dylan Sharkey

03/07/2024

New contract demands from the Chicago Teachers Union include housing assistance for teachers. Chicago’s median teacher salary is more than $93,000.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Editorial: CTU president wants us to stop asking questions about how Chicago will pay for her list of demands

By Hilary Gowins

03/06/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates on March 5 told a packed house at the City Club of Chicago this: Stop asking questions about how to pay for her list of demands, even if it costs “$50 billion … and three cents.”

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Appellate decision: Votes on Bring Chicago Home referendum will count

By Dylan Sharkey

03/06/2024

Votes on Chicago’s March 19 referendum will count, according to an Illinois Appellate Court ruling. Now voters must weigh the merits of the real estate transfer tax hike.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, real estate transfer tax

Vallas: CTU’s community schools less about students, more about union power

By Paul Vallas

03/05/2024

Boosting “sustainable community schools” and killing selective enrollment and other public-school choices is the Chicago Teachers Union’s answer to fix city schools. But the push is about union power rather than raising student achievement.

Chicago Teachers Union wants Johnson to hike pay, fund housing for members

By Dylan Sharkey

03/05/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union this summer will negotiate their new contract with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, their former lobbyist. Their demands include housing assistance for union members, choking charter schools and more money.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Mayor Johnson’s real estate tax would apply to 5,142 businesses

By Dylan Sharkey

03/04/2024

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and advocates for a hiked real estate transfer tax argue the rich need to pay their fair share, but many local businesses fall in their definition of “rich.”

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago, real estate transfer tax

Illinois’ political corruption keeps people down

By Joe Tabor

03/01/2024

Public corruption is one of the factors hampering social mobility in Illinois, according to a recent report.

Pritzker wants to spend record amount but needs $898M in tax hikes to do it

By Bryce Hill

03/01/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s record-setting $52.7 billion 2025 spending plan needs massive tax increases. Tax changes will hurt individuals, businesses and local governments.

TAGS: JB Pritzker

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s flawed dogma kicked police out of schools

By Paul Vallas

02/29/2024

The reach of the Chicago Teachers Union combined with their anti-police ideology is putting Chicago’s youth at risk. Chicago Public Schools need school resource officers, but this fall they become police-free zones.

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

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What you need to know about ‘Bring Chicago Home’

Chicago Teachers Union wants housing assistance for teachers making nearly $100K

Editorial: CTU president wants us to stop asking questions about how Chicago will pay for her list of demands

Appellate decision: Votes on Bring Chicago Home referendum will count

Vallas: CTU’s community schools less about students, more about union power

Chicago Teachers Union wants Johnson to hike pay, fund housing for members

Chicago Mayor Johnson’s real estate tax would apply to 5,142 businesses

Illinois’ political corruption keeps people down

Pritzker wants to spend record amount but needs $898M in tax hikes to do it

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s flawed dogma kicked police out of schools

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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