Rahm pushes for tax on plastic bags

10/11/2016

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to add another layer to the city’s plastic bag ban – a 7-cent tax – despite the ban’s unintended, harmful consequences.

TAGS: Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, taxes

Chicago aldermen propose ban on driverless cars

By Amy Korte

09/15/2016

A new ordinance would ban all cars with autonomous technology from Chicago, preventing Uber from expanding the fleet of self-driving vehicles it recently introduced in Pittsburgh.

TAGS: Chicago, collaborative economy, jobs, regulations, Uber

Chicagoans drowned in new tax proposal

By Brendan Bakala

09/08/2016

Proposed water and sewer tax hikes hit struggling city residents the hardest.

TAGS: Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, taxes

Rosemont mayor to receive 53 percent pay hike — to $260,000 a year

08/13/2016

Trustees in Rosemont, Ill., voted to hike their mayor’s salary to $260,000 – a 53 percent raise.

TAGS: Brad Stephens, local government, Rosemont

Chicago utility-tax hike shows need for taxpayer bill of rights

08/10/2016

Under a taxpayer bill of rights, Chicago City Council would have to seek voter approval before raising taxes.

TAGS: Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, taxes, utility tax

Chicagoans on the hook for $34B in debt from city’s 4 pension funds

By John Klingner

08/10/2016

Chicago’s pension funds’ debt grew by two-thirds to $34 billion in 2015. That’s $33,000 of pension debt per Chicago household.

TAGS: Chicago, municipal pensions, pensions, Rahm Emanuel

Number of Chicago city workers making $100K+ has doubled since 2013

By Austin Berg

08/05/2016

Nearly 5,000 Chicago city workers make six-figure salaries, driving up the payroll and pension costs overtaxed city residents must pay.

TAGS: budget, Chicago, local government, municipal government, salaries

July corruption watch

08/04/2016

Chicago leads the way in numerous corruption headlines yet again.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, good government

Chicago City Council aims to crowd ballot with needless referendums

By Chris Lentino

07/17/2016

City Council violates procedural rules and plays political games to put popular, but toothless, measures on the ballot and protect the mayor and bureaucrats from any real challenges to their power.

TAGS: ballot, ballot referendums, Chicago, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel

Corruption Watch

07/05/2016

Headlines in June show why Chicago is considered one of the most corrupt cities in the world.

TAGS: corruption, good government, transparency

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm pushes for tax on plastic bags

Chicago aldermen propose ban on driverless cars

Chicagoans drowned in new tax proposal

Rosemont mayor to receive 53 percent pay hike — to $260,000 a year

Chicago utility-tax hike shows need for taxpayer bill of rights

Chicagoans on the hook for $34B in debt from city’s 4 pension funds

Number of Chicago city workers making $100K+ has doubled since 2013

July corruption watch

Chicago City Council aims to crowd ballot with needless referendums

Corruption Watch

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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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