Private equity firm acquires Michaels in $5 billion deal
CNN.com· 2 days agoNew York (CNN)Private equity giant Apollo Global Management is acquiring arts and crafts retailer...
Patch Survey: Majority Trust The 2020 Election Results
Patch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMost voters believe that mail-in balloting is safe and reliable and that the 2020 election results...
Illinois’s Proposed ‘Fair Tax’ Gets Its Just Deserts
National Review via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe 55 percent who rejected a progressive income tax (the “Fair Tax”) also provided an answer for why they stay: It was Illinois ...
The Spin special edition: Pritzker loses ‘fair tax’ ballot fight | Will election be a referendum on...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWith a number of loose ends after yesterday’s nail-biter of an election, here’s a special edition of...
Voting In Illinois: Everything You Need To Know
Patch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs of Sunday, more than 1.69 million mail-in ballots had been received from Illinois voters, and 1.7 million Illinois residents had voted early in person...
Pritzker warns ‘there will be cuts, and they will be painful’ after graduated-rate income tax...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFresh off spending $58 million of his fortune in a losing effort to pass a graduated-rate income tax...
AP VoteCast: Illinois primary marked by virus concerns
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoVoters in Illinois cast their ballots in the state's Democratic primary during a pandemic that has...
The Spin: Ex-Chicago Ald. Ed Vrdolyak sentenced to 18 months in federal prison | U.S. House votes to...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEdward Vrdolyak was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today after being convicted in a tax scheme related to his receipt of millions of dollars in Illinois ...
Bertino-Tarrant Projected Winner In Will County Executive Race
Patch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJennifer Bertino-Tarrant, a Shorewood Democrat who has served in the Illinois State Senate the past...
Chicago-area voters shatter records as they cast ballots with ‘a sense of hope and purpose’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoArmed with a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee and a determination to have her voice heard, she sat alone...