Center Square: Survey shows Illinois leads nation in declining revenues for small businesses
According to a survey by the small business network Allignable, Illinois is the hardest hit state in the country, with 61% of local businesses earning half or less of their monthly pre-pandemic revenues in August. That is a 24% increase from July.
Center Square: Non-citizen health care subsidies focus of Illinois agency hearing
While some advocates iron out issues they foresee with Illinois taxpayers subsidizing non-citizen health care, lawmakers pushed back.
Sun-Times: Stop ‘lawlessness’ outside migrant shelters by changing Welcoming City ordinance, City Council member says
The changes sought by Ald. Ray Lopez would allow any city “agent or agency” to work with federal immigration officers if an individual granted protections under the ordinance has been arrested and accused of a variety of alleged offenses, including gang- and drug-related activities.
Chicago Tribune: Chicago government’s IT infrastructure inefficient to the point of ‘barely’ working, consultant tells City Council
An IT consultant hired by City Hall to diagnose the city’s wide array of technological woes urged aldermen Tuesday to drastically revamp its software and up its investments in information technology infrastructure after years of city neglect and cost inefficiencies.
Daily Herald: Complaint alleges ComEd violated state law by raising fees
A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging utility giant ComEd improperly raised customer bills this summer.
WTTW: What’s next for Northwestern University’s proposed Ryan Field development plans
The issue is so divisive that an Evanston City Council Land Use Committee hearing slated to begin Wednesday is expected to last several days because of the number of people who have asked to speak.
WCIA: Efforts to form unions on the rise in Illinois despite gradual decline in union membership
There was no shortage of unions represented at Decatur’s Labor Day parade on Monday from steel workers to iron workers and firefighters.