Weak November jobs report for Illinois shows spike in unemployment
Weak November jobs report for Illinois shows spike in unemployment
New federal data show Illinois gained only 400 jobs in November, and its unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent.
Madigan skips meeting with leaders, governor
Madigan skips meeting with leaders, governor
Illinois has gone without a comprehensive budget for six months.
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Star Wars
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The Center Square: Some Illinois businesses are putting a freeze on hiring Chicago Tribune: Delay in casino at Hawthorne Race Course is impacting Illinois’ ‘dying’ horse racing industry. But officials say it’s coming. Daily Herald: Which school boards have competition in the spring elections and why Herald-News: Mokena couple in PPP loan fraud case face theft charge for failing to pay tax on misused fundsStanding up to unions
Standing up to unions
If the unions really think it's so unfair that they have to represent everyone, then how about we change the law to "one or none" so that they only have to represent union supporters?
Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Illinoisans’ property taxes are going up while salaries are stagnant at best.
Retirement-tax resolution
Retirement-tax resolution
Thirty-nine Illinois state representatives have signed on to a resolution stating their opposition to the imposition of a state tax on retirement income as revenue plans circulate ahead of state budget negotiations in 2016.
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Property taxes are the single largest tax in Illinois, burdening residents far more than either income or sales taxes. Illinoisans already know they pay high property taxes. But what is not as well known is that property taxes are outpacing residents’ ability to pay for them. Over the past 50 years, whether measured in comparison...
Jar Jar for Mayor
Jar Jar for Mayor
What will it take for Chicago to elect a mayor who embraces free-market reforms?
What will it take for Chicago to elect a mayor who embraces free-market reforms?
As a majority of recently polled likely Chicago voters believe Mayor Rahm Emanuel should resign, AM 560’s Dan Proft and Pat Hughes, co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, look ahead to the 2019 mayoral election and the possibilities for reform-minded candidates.
Village of Lincolnshire becomes first Illinois municipality to protect worker choice
Village of Lincolnshire becomes first Illinois municipality to protect worker choice
No worker should be forced to pay a union in order to have or hold onto a job. Workers in Lincolnshire are now the first in Illinois to be guaranteed this basic right, as the Village Board voted Dec. 14 to adopt local Right to Work.
Emperor Madigan
Emperor Madigan
Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2015
Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2015
November saw Chicago’s City Council let the term of the legislative inspector general, who is tasked with overseeing City Council, expire without hiring a replacement, as well as several other instances of breach of public trust and influence peddling around the state.
A worker’s right to choose
A worker’s right to choose
Hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers are forced to pay union dues to keep their jobs. But close by, worker freedom reigns.