Quote of the day, September 10
Quote of the day, September 10
Comptroller confirms workers’ compensation costs are a budget issue
Comptroller confirms workers’ compensation costs are a budget issue
Poorly written workers’ compensation laws cost Illinois government hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Madigan sends a message
Madigan sends a message
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Chicago Tribune: Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Ald. Matt O’Shea clash over public safety spending as City Council prepares to vote on 2023 budget Chicago Sun-Times: New Illinois law gives cops choice not to jail people for small amounts of drugs — a follow-up to our ‘Costly toll of dead-end drug arrests’ investigation Crain's Chicago Business: MHub seeking TIF money to move to Near West Side site WTTW: Will Evanston Become the First Illinois Community to Implement Ranked Choice Voting?Chicago’s food-cart ban costs revenue, jobs
Chicago’s food-cart ban costs revenue, jobs
Chicago’s ban on food carts is costing the city jobs and revenue. The city has fallen behind its peers: Street vending from food carts is already legal in 23 of the 25 largest cities in the U.S. The Illinois Policy Institute conducted a survey of nearly 200 Chicago food-cart street vendors to assess the social...
Quote of the day, September 9
Quote of the day, September 9
Four factors that created the CPS pension crisis
Four factors that created the CPS pension crisis
How Illinois politicians turned what was meant to provide government workers with retirement security into a political slush fund.
Madigan and power
Madigan and power
In the history of the United States, no one has led a state legislative body longer than Mike Madigan.
Cruel summer: Mass layoffs hit 2,100 Illinois workers in August
Cruel summer: Mass layoffs hit 2,100 Illinois workers in August
There’s no respite for laid-off Illinois workers in the “summer of pink slips.”
Quote of the day, September 8
Quote of the day, September 8
Quote of the day, September 7
Quote of the day, September 7
Claudia Perez
Claudia Perez
“The day arrived when a policeman told me, ‘Throw away all this trash. It’s worthless. It’s garbage.’ And I said, ‘How can you call food, garbage?’ I cried hard. They arrested me two times. The United States, they told me, is a different kind of place. And now look at how we’re being treated.” Claudia...
SB 1229 officially dead: Madigan’s defeat is Illinois taxpayers’ victory
SB 1229 officially dead: Madigan’s defeat is Illinois taxpayers’ victory
On Sept. 2, the Illinois House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the government-worker union arbitration bill, and on Sept. 4, the deadline for doing so officially expired – a major defeat for House Speaker Mike Madigan.