Rahm’s 2018 Budget: More taxes on the way?
Rahm’s 2018 Budget: More taxes on the way?
In the wake of the city’s 2018 preliminary budget report, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is playing it close to the vest about whether to raise taxes.
Illinois’ gubernatorial veto procedures
Illinois’ gubernatorial veto procedures
The governor can exercise the veto power in four different ways: a total veto, an amendatory veto, an item veto and a reduction veto.
Union lobbyist denied part of teacher pension after substitute teaching for 1 day
Union lobbyist denied part of teacher pension after substitute teaching for 1 day
David Piccioli sought a teacher pension after lobbying for the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill
Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto strips a Chicago bailout from Senate Bill 1, among other changes.
Chicago Public Schools to pay $850 million in interest on $500 million loan
Chicago Public Schools to pay $850 million in interest on $500 million loan
The loan will not be paid off until current kindergarteners are in their mid-30s.
CPS Crocodile Tears
CPS Crocodile Tears
Full Text: Senate Bill 1
Full Text: Senate Bill 1
Senate Bill 1 provides a $215 million annual pension bailout and other carve-outs worth hundreds of millions of dollars more to CPS.
Illinois’ first restorative justice court will save money, improve outcomes
Illinois’ first restorative justice court will save money, improve outcomes
Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood will host a program that brings defendants in contact with their victims and allow the victims to set the compensation for the crime.
80% of Cook County municipalities have opted out of minimum wage, sick leave ordinances
80% of Cook County municipalities have opted out of minimum wage, sick leave ordinances
The number of Cook County municipalities that have opted out of both ordinances has climbed to 107.
Tax increases will cost back-to-school shoppers in Illinois
Tax increases will cost back-to-school shoppers in Illinois
Illinois parents will pay the Midwest’s highest sales taxes on back-to-school shopping.
Chicago Public Schools bailout threatens 20 Metro East schools from opening on time
Chicago Public Schools bailout threatens 20 Metro East schools from opening on time
Twenty school districts in the Metro East rely on the state for 30 percent or more of their total revenue.
Rahm denies Cubs night game request, continues long-standing city feud
Rahm denies Cubs night game request, continues long-standing city feud
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has emphatically denied the Cubs’ request for more night games at Wrigley Field – continuing the decades-old hostile relationship between the team and city government.
Illinois’ jobs growth worse than every neighboring state
Illinois’ jobs growth worse than every neighboring state
Illinois’ jobs growth over the past year was 40 percent slower than the national average, and lagged even further behind the average of neighboring states.
New Cook County soda tax upheld in court
New Cook County soda tax upheld in court
The tax makes soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.