Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago

By Patrick Andriesen

12/04/2023

In a single year, one Chicago neighborhood saw about 1 of every 250 residents carjacked. Carjackings citywide more than doubled in five years.

TAGS: Chicago

Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?

By Paul Vallas

12/01/2023

The Johnson administration is playing a shell game on public safety. They’re likely hiring civilians for administrative positions to free up officers at local police districts, yet they’re eliminating more than double the amount of police positions currently vacant.

TAGS: CPD: Chicago Police Department

Illinois’ excessive job licensing keeps Chicagoans in poverty

By Joe Tabor

12/01/2023

Occupational licensing is more burdensome in Illinois than in neighboring states for many professions. Those barriers are unreasonably keeping poor Illinoisans and Chicagoans from finding work.

TAGS: occupational licensing

Dr. Eddie Kornegay joins the Center for Poverty Solutions as executive director

11/29/2023

Kornegay will lead the center’s outreach and partnership programs aimed at reducing Chicago poverty levels

Illinois licensing makes escaping poverty harder than in other Midwestern states

By Joe Tabor

11/27/2023

Illinois could make it easier to escape poverty by letting more people work without first getting a license. Six neighboring states do a better job of easing occupational licensing on low-income professions.

Vallas: 4 reasons why ‘mansion tax’ is bad for Chicago business

By Paul Vallas

11/24/2023

Two false labels are attached to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s push to tax high-dollar real estate sales. It’s not a “mansion tax.” It taxes mainly businesses. It won’t help “Bring Chicago Home.” It will fuel businesses moving out.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gets little support for migrant tent camps

By Jess Plowman

11/22/2023

Voters, community residents and some aldermen are upset with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over how decisions to place migrant tent camps have been handled. Voters polled were 63% opposed to 28% in support of the winter tent plan.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

3 bad decisions drive up Chicago Teachers Union dues by over $160

By Mailee Smith

11/22/2023

Chicago Teachers Union members are seeing their dues jump to more $1,400 this year – over $160 more than last year. Here are three reasons to believe CTU hiked dues to make up for its own questionable financial decisions.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Shopping small on Saturday? Good. Small businesses lead Illinois’ job growth.

By Dylan Sharkey

11/22/2023

Small Business Saturday offers a reason to be thankful: Illinois businesses with fewer than 20 employees were the ones creating the most new jobs.

Vallas: City budget passes, next fiscal crisis looms

By Paul Vallas

11/21/2023

Now that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has passed his first budget, attention should be on the Chicago Public Schools. School leaders claim it will have a budget hole of over $600 million by 2025.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

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Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago

Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?

Illinois’ excessive job licensing keeps Chicagoans in poverty

Dr. Eddie Kornegay joins the Center for Poverty Solutions as executive director

Illinois licensing makes escaping poverty harder than in other Midwestern states

Vallas: 4 reasons why ‘mansion tax’ is bad for Chicago business

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gets little support for migrant tent camps

3 bad decisions drive up Chicago Teachers Union dues by over $160

Shopping small on Saturday? Good. Small businesses lead Illinois’ job growth.

Vallas: City budget passes, next fiscal crisis looms

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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