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Monthly Archives: December 2016
CN December 22 2016
Imagine the populations of Rockford, Springfield, Naperville, Aurora, Evanston, Schaumburg and Oak Park all in one place. Let’s make that place Cook County, Illinois. What if we told you that that number of people, roughly 800,000, is how many people … Continue reading
CN Dec 15 2016
Ever heard of VSI? It’s the Vendor Services Initiative, and it was deigned to help pay the hundreds of vendors who’ve never been paid by the State over the past few years of layered fiscal crises. Trouble is, the way … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, Dave McKinney, Illinois budget, Mike Madigan, Reuters, Tony Arnold, WBEZ
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CN Dec 8 2016
Ben Carson is about to become the guy who oversees public housing and doles out community development block grants to every urban center in America. What does that mean for Chicago? Y’know all the stories about CHA’s broken promises and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Carson, CHA, desegregation, Ethan Michaeli, HUD, Lee Bey, Plan for Transformation, privatization
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CN Dec 1 2016
No matter how you look at it, Wednesday, Nov. 30 was a big day for the CTA. The City Council unanimously passed the largest single TIF ever, to raise nearly a billion dollars in 35 years that funds about half … Continue reading
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