Rahm’s 2018 budget: More fee hikes on the way

By Chris Lentino

10/18/2017

Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks to increase costs for Chicagoans to fill budget shortfalls and failing pensions.

TAGS: budget, Chicago, fees, Rahm Emanuel, taxes

District 15 strike leaves Palatine-area students and parents in the lurch

By Mailee Smith

10/17/2017

When contract negotiations get tough, school employee unions should not be able to strike. It only serves to punish students and their parents, and it gives unions an unfair tool at the negotiating table.

TAGS: education, labor, strike, unions

Illinois’ next tax hike could mean pain at the pump

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

09/29/2017

A proposed increase in gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure spending would impose another burden on overtaxed Illinoisans.

TAGS: gas tax, taxes

Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

09/14/2017

A new report from moving company United Van Lines shows more residents left Chicago during the summer moving months than any other metro area.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, outmigration, population, United Van Lines

Illinois ranks 3rd-to-last in U.S. for state lawsuit climate

By Amy Korte

09/12/2017

Illinois ranked No. 48 of 50 states, and “Chicago or Cook County” was named the nation’s worst local jurisdiction in a survey of executives and attorneys about the fairness and reasonableness of state liability systems.

Indignation, action needed on Illinois’ jobs crisis

By Austin Berg

08/31/2017

Until Illinois lawmakers get serious about economic growth, don’t expect the state’s jobs trend to get off the depressing path it’s been treading for years.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, jobs, property taxes, unemployment, workers compensation

Burke to the future: Chicago alderman wants to ban self-driving cars

By Brendan Bakala

08/23/2017

Alderman Ed Burke argued in favor of a ban on driverless cars with a movie clip from “Back to the Future.”

TAGS: Ed Burke, manufacturing, regulations

Illinois House Speaker Madigan now the longest-serving state House speaker in U.S. history

By Austin Berg

08/10/2017

Madigan has now controlled his chamber as speaker for more than 11,900 days.

TAGS: Mike Madigan, term limits

Foxconn to open new plant in Michigan

By John Kristof

08/09/2017

The announcement comes on the heels of the manufacturing giant’s decision to invest in Wisconsin.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, manufacturing, Michigan, right to work, Wisconsin

Metro area unemployment: Which states are in reverse? Spotlight Illinois

07/13/2017

The U.S. unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, but unemployment varies widely among the nation’s 388 metro areas.

TAGS: jobs, unemployment

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Rahm’s 2018 budget: More fee hikes on the way

District 15 strike leaves Palatine-area students and parents in the lurch

Illinois’ next tax hike could mean pain at the pump

Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

Illinois ranks 3rd-to-last in U.S. for state lawsuit climate

Indignation, action needed on Illinois’ jobs crisis

Burke to the future: Chicago alderman wants to ban self-driving cars

Illinois House Speaker Madigan now the longest-serving state House speaker in U.S. history

Foxconn to open new plant in Michigan

Metro area unemployment: Which states are in reverse? Spotlight Illinois

What is the Education Freedom Tax Credit and how can it benefit Illinois students?

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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