Privacy law prevents Illinoisans from using Google app’s selfie art feature

By Amy Korte

01/23/2018

A new feature on Google's Arts & Culture app is not available to Illinois users because of the state's strict biometric privacy law.

TAGS: BIPA: Biometric Information Privacy Act, privacy

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

SB 1288 could chip away at Illinois’ crony liquor laws

03/29/2017

A bill in the Illinois Senate would provide certain alcohol producers some freedom within the state’s three-tier system – which has been maintained through measures limiting competition and benefiting the politically connected.

TAGS: Dan McConchie, Liquor Control Act, liquor laws, regulations, three-tier system

Missouri lawmaker proposes bill to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control

By Mark Adams

02/18/2016

A Republican-sponsored bill in Missouri could make it easier, less costly and more convenient for women across Illinois’ border to obtain birth control.

Illinois lost more population than any other state last year

By Mark Fitton

12/23/2015

Of the 50 states, Illinois was the top population loser.

TAGS: outmigration

A model for Illinois: 4 criminal-justice reforms from U.S. public-safety leaders

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/24/2015

Police chiefs and prosecutors increasingly support policies to reduce unnecessary incarceration.

TAGS: bail, criminal justice reform, decriminalization, expungement, police body cameras, record sealing, restorative justice, sentencing reform

Chicago cellphone taxes highest in nation

By Robert Steere

10/27/2014

Everywhere they look, Chicagoans see ads urging them to switch their cellphone service. One major provider urges customers to purchase a four-line family plan with all the texting, talking and data one could possibly use for only $100 per month. But the ad fails to mention that a Chicago family would actually have to pay...

TAGS: cell phone tax, taxes

Did Chicago Bears lose bid for Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett due to Illinois’ income tax?

By Michael Lucci

03/11/2014

The Chicago Bears are in the market for a pass-rusher to bolster their defensive line. But taxation in Illinois’ can make it difficult to lure talent from other states. The Bears targeted Seattle’s Michael Bennett, whose younger brother Martellus stars at tight-end for Chicago. Brad Biggs from the Chicago Tribune placed Chicago’s offer at around...

Boeing latest Fortune 100 company to offer 401(k) retirement plans

By Paul Kersey

11/14/2013

The International Association of Machinists rejected an eight-year contract offer from Boeing Co. yesterday, according to the Chicago Tribune. The contract extension would’ve ensured that production of Boeing’s 777X plane would continue in Washington state – in exchange for several cost-cutting measures, including moving employees to a 401(k)-style retirement plan by 2016. If all had...

TAGS: 401(k)

States to spend millions promoting ObamaCare

By Jonathan Ingram

07/15/2013

by Jonathan Ingram If you’re like many Americans, you’re already worried about the impact ObamaCare will have on you and your family. So, in an effort to avoid what Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., termed a “huge train wreck” in the making, the federal government has enlisted the help of several state governments to market the law. The...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, Pat Quinn, US Government Accountability Office

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Privacy law prevents Illinoisans from using Google app’s selfie art feature

Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

SB 1288 could chip away at Illinois’ crony liquor laws

Missouri lawmaker proposes bill to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control

Illinois lost more population than any other state last year

A model for Illinois: 4 criminal-justice reforms from U.S. public-safety leaders

Chicago cellphone taxes highest in nation

Did Chicago Bears lose bid for Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett due to Illinois’ income tax?

Boeing latest Fortune 100 company to offer 401(k) retirement plans

States to spend millions promoting ObamaCare

Fighting poverty with employment: Chicago block clubs

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