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Calls to reform estate tax grow, Gov. Pritzker mum on the issue
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA local attorney told The State Journal-Register nearly 12 years ago that 2010 was a "good year to...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s Bears stadium flub tells us much about his economic philosophy
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoAre professional sports stadiums cost-effective drivers of economic growth? Mayor Brandon Johnson...
Latest Forbes list shows Musk, Trump and others are worth less, while Illinois lost its wealthiest...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoForbes published its annual billionaires list Tuesday and for the first time in years, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is not the richest person in Illinois. That’s because Griffin, 54, is now ...
‘Unprecedented emergency’: Dem-led cities and states brace for influx of migrants
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW YORK — Some of the biggest cities and states led by Democrats are expecting an influx of...
Pontiac area lawmakers disappointed with Supreme Court ruling on cash bail
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn 2021, the Illinois General Assembly pushed through the SAFE-T Act on the final day of the lame...
Lincoln museum exhibit offers perspectives on life in Illinois from residents past and present
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhat’s it like to live in Illinois? A Black doctor recalls navigating a predominantly white neighborhood when she and her family moved to a new home in Springfield’s Washington Park area. A ...
Letters to the Editor: Liberals are everywhere
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoReading the long-awaited most recent BND letters to the editor column on 10 or 12 May, depending on your subscription, was loaded with anti-Grand Old...
Tom Kacich: Regressive? How about the state lottery?
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoMay 4—It's hard to disagree with Gov. J.B. Pritzker that the 1 percent sales tax levied on groceries in Illinois — to benefit local governments, not the state — is a regressive tax that disproportionately ...
Editorial: The great Ken Griffin exit and what it does and does not portend
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the end of this week, moving vans will block Chicago’s alleys and all of those college hunks, man-with-a vans and two guys with trucks will find themselves gainfully employed. Chicago is ...
Democrats fail to come together on budget as pressures build over spending, shaky economy
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe failure of the Illinois legislature to enact a budget by its self-appointed Friday deadline points to stresses within the state’s one-party, big-tent Democratic rule, while at the same time ...
