Center of Chicago red-light-camera scandal found guilty on all charges
Center of Chicago red-light-camera scandal found guilty on all charges
A federal jury convicted former transportation official John Bills of fraud, extortion, bribery and more.
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Illinois only state among neighboring and Great Lake states to lose jobs in 2015
Illinois only state among neighboring and Great Lake states to lose jobs in 2015
Illinois lost 3,000 jobs on net in 2015, while other neighboring and Great Lakes manufacturing states all gained tens of thousands of jobs on net for the year.
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The Center Square: Illinois paying unemployment debt without full accounting of fraud 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 Daily Herald: Familiar names to appear on Des Plaines' ballots in AprilTo fix education funding, Cullerton should focus on reforming pensions
To fix education funding, Cullerton should focus on reforming pensions
From 2009 to 2014, the state added $8.9 billion in new tax dollars to the education budget, over and above the base amount of $6.8 billion it spent in 2009. Of those new dollars spent, 89 percent went to retirement costs and just 11 percent made it to classrooms.
Wheatland Township earns Sunshine Award with perfect online transparency score
Wheatland Township earns Sunshine Award with perfect online transparency score
Wheatland Township’s “transparency portal” provides residents access to important government information.
Illinois’ fiscal problems drive away GE, spur talk of bankruptcy, pension reform
Illinois’ fiscal problems drive away GE, spur talk of bankruptcy, pension reform
The state must get its financial affairs in order by allowing municipal bankruptcy and enacting real pension reforms.
Pensions vs. schools
Pensions vs. schools
Since 2009, 89 cents of every new dollar for education goes to teacher pensions
West Virginia takes first step toward becoming 26th Right-to-Work state
West Virginia takes first step toward becoming 26th Right-to-Work state
West Virginia’s Senate has passed legislation to protect a worker’s right to choose to join a union, or to opt out entirely.
Rauner bringing Illinois government into 21st century with new tech agency
Rauner bringing Illinois government into 21st century with new tech agency
The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology will tackle one of the state’s most important management problems – an outdated IT system that wastes taxpayer money.
Illinois employers give warnings of at least 500 layoffs
Illinois employers give warnings of at least 500 layoffs
Illinois businesses gave notice of impending layoffs in December as the state ended 2015 with fewer jobs than it had at the start of the year.
Chicago Public Schools: Down and out
Chicago Public Schools: Down and out
Illinois lost 16,300 jobs on net in December 2015, down 3,000 jobs on the year
Illinois lost 16,300 jobs on net in December 2015, down 3,000 jobs on the year
The state unemployment rate jumped to 5.9 percent from 5.7 percent, driven by an increase of 18,300 Illinoisans who are unemployed. Illinois also has 178,000 fewer people working compared to before the Great Recession.
CTU president concedes possibility of CPS ending annual multimillion-dollar practice of teacher ‘pension pickups’
CTU president concedes possibility of CPS ending annual multimillion-dollar practice of teacher ‘pension pickups’
CTU President Karen Lewis has acknowledged that CPS is in dire straits – and that her union may have to make concessions in contract negotiations, including ending the practice of the school district – meaning taxpayers – picking up the majority of teacher contributions toward pensions, which has cost $1.3 billion since 2006.