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Monthly Archives: June 2017
CN June 29 2017 Madeleine Doubek
Illinois is beginning its third year without a budget. Developing an annual, balanced budget is the most important thing a chief executive is expected to accomplish. But not, apparently, in Illinois. I’m pretty not confident,” the BGA’s Madeleine Doubek … Continue reading
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Tagged BGA, Bruce Rauner, Illinois budget, journalism, Madeleine Doubek, Mike Madigan, Rahm Emanuel
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CN June 22 2017 (Bill Ruthhart)
Police reform in Chicago appears to have stalled, or at least taken a very different path since the election of Donald Trump and the appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Mayor Emanuel, who once swore he wanted a … Continue reading
CN June 22 2017 (Claudia Morell)
It’s a pretty familiar sight. The Mayor, and perhaps an alderman or two, standing at a podium in front of a vacant lot or a dilapidated warehouse building, announcing that, thanks to a property tax credit, this construction project will … Continue reading
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Tagged Claudia Morell, Joe Berrios, Rahm Emanuel, tax credits, The Daily Line
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CN June 15 2017
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the dreaded “second installment” of Cook County property taxes, which will be due, most likely, on August 1. But if you’re a property owner, have you ever scanned that bill and wondered, … Continue reading
CN June 8 2017
The youTube video is above, and the SoundCloud audio-only link is below. In the first half of this two-part show, NBC5’s Mary Ann Ahern joins us to talk Pritzker, Blago, Rauner, Emanuel, journalism and Medicaid. And later, we’re joined … Continue reading
CN June 1 2017
Here’s what Natasha Korecki said in this morning’s Illinois Playbook: This is a day you’ll want to buy hard copies of the Sun-Times and the Tribune, sit down with a large cup of coffee, and read. There’s that much … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Olympics, Andy Manar, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chris Kennedy, elected school board, Hal Dardick, Illinois budget, J.B. Pritzker, Jefferson Park, Joe Ferguson, John Arena, Mark Brown, Police conract, prevailing wage, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Schools funding
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