Rahm calls for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

By Ted Dabrowski

09/21/2015

Chicagoans know new revenues won’t be used to pay for better roads, classrooms or public safety – these tax hikes won’t even fix what’s ailing the city’s bottom line.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ecigs, fees, Lyft, outmigration, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, rideshare, Uber

Illinois Medicaid expansion enrollment at nearly double original projections

By Jonathan Ingram

09/11/2015

Illinois’ costs for the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion could be nearly $1.5 billion higher than originally expected as the state has added 633,671 able-bodied adults to the rolls.

Comptroller confirms workers’ compensation costs are a budget issue

By Austin Berg

09/10/2015

Poorly written workers’ compensation laws cost Illinois government hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

TAGS: workers compensation

Rahm calls for the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

By Ted Dabrowski

09/03/2015

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel calls for property-tax hikes, garbage-collection fees and ridesharing surcharges as a stop-gap measure to plug the city’s $750 million budget hole.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, fees, Rahm Emanuel

Cook County’s exodus revealed in new tax documents

By Austin Berg

09/02/2015

Shrinking opportunities go hand in hand with a shrinking tax base.

Rauner allows Illinois township to eliminate itself

By Hilary Gowins

08/31/2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature authorizing Belleville Township to dissolve highlights a flawed process that prevents consolidation in a state that desperately needs it.

Rauner signs Cook County jail reform

By Bryant Jackson-Green

08/30/2015

New “rocket docket” reform could reduce lengthy pretrial jail stays for some accused of minor property crimes, saving Illinois taxpayers up to $143 per inmate each day.

TAGS: bail, Cook County Jail, electronic monitoring, property crime, retail theft, rocket docket

Chicago employers say ‘fat tax’ would punch them in the gut

By Austin Berg

08/19/2015

City leaders are focused on the wrong kind of belt tightening.

TAGS: Chicago

Manufacturer moves out of Madigan’s backyard, cites unfriendly business climate

By Austin Berg

08/13/2015

Illinois’ middle class is crumbling under the weight of the state’s political and legal classes.

TAGS: manufacturing, Mike Madigan, workers compensation

Making Illinois smart on crime: First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

By Bryant Jackson-Green, Dianna Muldrow, Derek Cohen

08/06/2015

First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

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Rahm calls for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

Illinois Medicaid expansion enrollment at nearly double original projections

Comptroller confirms workers’ compensation costs are a budget issue

Rahm calls for the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

Cook County’s exodus revealed in new tax documents

Rauner allows Illinois township to eliminate itself

Rauner signs Cook County jail reform

Chicago employers say ‘fat tax’ would punch them in the gut

Manufacturer moves out of Madigan’s backyard, cites unfriendly business climate

Making Illinois smart on crime: First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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