Rauner taps Munger as deputy governor to leverage her versatile skillset
BUSINESS
Will County Gazette | Feb 3, 2017
Chosen for her extensive business, government and human services experience, former Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger was named deputy governor today by Gov. Bruce...
Fmr. Mexican President Calls Trump “A Wild Animal"
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Watch now.Former Mexican President Vicente Fox joined Dan & Amy to discuss President Donald Trump's immigration policies and Fox's ongoing war of words with Trump.
Fox called Trump "a wild...
Illinois’ weak economic growth and population loss may signal the beginning of a financial death spiral.
Illinois Policy Institute
The number of Illinoisans fleeing their home state has garnered the attention of Moody’s Investors Service, an agency that assigns ratings to...
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State of the State
Despite the current political climate, Governor Rauner gave an upbeat State of the State to the entire Illinois General Assembly last week. In his third annual State of the State Address, he indicated that he...
News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
January 30, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Batinick unveils outline for “1-2-3” state budget solution
PLAINFIELD – State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) today announced his outline for a “1-2-3 State Budget Solution”...
Illinois held hostage to a Grand Bargain
By Jeanne Ives 1/29/2016
No one should be surprised that group think instead of rational choices surround the 13 interconnected bills of the “Grand Bargain.” It is wholly predictable given the longevity of the...
ECONOMIC TRENDS
How Did Walmart GetCleaner Stores and HigherSales? It Paid Its People More
Can the answer to what ails the global economy be foundin the people in blue vests at your neighborhood Walmart?
Neil Irwin @Neil_Irwin OCT. 15, 2016
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January 3, 2017
Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois.
Illinois’ surging debts, rising property taxes, weak job creation and political dysfunction continue to be a boon to large moving companies United Van Lines and Atlas Van Lines....
December 31, 2016
To address the city’s worsening financial crises, Chicago politicians turned up the dial on their usual answer to budgetary woes: raising taxes.
Being a Chicago taxpayer got a lot pricier in 2016.
To make up for decades of financial...
