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The Center Square: Illinois paying unemployment debt without full accounting of fraud
As Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced plans to appropriate $1.8 billion to cover the state’s unemployment trust fund debt, the question remains of how much fraud took place.
After months of negotiations in working groups throughout the year, an agreement was announced in November by representatives from business, labor and members of the General Assembly. The state still owes more than $1.3 billion that would have hit taxpayers with an additional $20 million in interest payments next September.
Crain's Chicago Business: Behind City Hall's unprecedented, half-billion shot in the arm to pension funds
Chicago Sun-Times: The hiring process for people who investigate abuse in Illinois prisons is mismanaged, the state says
Eddie Durell had a warning that could have saved Larry Earvin’s life.
Daily Herald: Familiar names to appear on Des Plaines' ballots in April
Names from Des Plaines’ political past are set to appear on ballots for aldermanic races in April.
Four of the city council’s eight seats will be up for election, and all four contests will feature candidates who previously served in or ran for elected office.