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| May 10, 2025 | As reading scores fall, states turn to phonics — but not without a fight | Five — Arizona, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota and Vermont — saw dips in their fourth-grade reading scores. Related Articles
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| Aug 29, 2024 | Jim Marter for Congress calls on opponent Lauren Underwood to set the record straight on her DNC Speech | Jim Marter, Republican for Congress IL-14
Remember, Obamacare was a government imposed tax increase that raised costs, limited options and replaced the free market. Putting government bureaucrats between you and your doctor isn't healthcare... |
| Aug 19, 2024 | National Politics | Protesters rally outside of Democratic National Convention as Chicago officials pledge to keep peace | Taylor Cook, an organizer with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, traveled from Atlanta for the march. Cook said the group was pushing all Democrats to call for an end to aid to Israel, with a particular focus on Harris.
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| Dec 29, 2023 | The top 10 states people left in 2023 | Real Estate The top 10 states people left in 2023
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| Jul 29, 2023 | Young professionals still love Chicago, even as more people leave the state | Data: Zillow; Note: Origins include the entire metro area; Chart: Axios Visuals
Illinois is among the fastest-shrinking states in terms of population, but the Windy City remains an attractive home to job seekers.
Why it matters: Young profe... |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Expanding Public-Sector Collective Bargaining In Illinois Would Restrict Worker Freedom And Increase The Cost Of Government | Welcome to Illinois sign along the state bordergetty |
| Sep 5, 2022 | Red & Blue State Ballot Measures Demonstrate Contrasting Approaches To Labor Policy | Red and blue states take labor policy in opposing directionsgetty |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Survey shows college students impacted by inflation | (The Center Square) – A new survey shows that 1 in 4 college students have to drop classes due to high tuition rates and rising inflation.
The survey of over 1,000 college students was done by Intelligent.com and showed that nearly 1 in 4 s... |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Two And A Half Suggestions For A Manchin-Approved Build Back Better/Social Insurance Program | Craft time. . .getty |
| Nov 24, 2021 | The Way Out is working to break the cycle of incarceration through career opportunities | At a cocktail hour during Milwaukee Tech Week, Ruben Gaona flits through the crowd.
In the small but lively downtown gathering of the city’s BIPOC tech community, the startup cofounder looks right at home, joining the circles of conversatio... |
| Jul 12, 2021 | New York, Illinois counties experiencing sharpest population declines | For the first time ever, California posted a population decline in 2020, and the United States as a whole didn’t fare much better. Its growth has decelerated to 0.35% year-over-year, the slowest growth rate since the Great Depression.
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| May 20, 2021 | From free beer to $1 million giveaways, here are the strange ways states are incentivizing their residents to get vaccinated | A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine. Matthew Horwood/Getty
The CDC recently issued new guidance that vaccinated people can go mostly anywhere without a mask.
This comes as states are incentivizing their residents to get vaccinated through... |
| Feb 28, 2021 | Three Rust Belt Governors Seek More Taxes, Less School Choice | Downtown Chicagogetty |
| Feb 19, 2021 | One Of The Most Powerful Politicians In U.S. History Leaves Office With His State’s Finances In Shambles | Former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) announced his resignation on ... [+] February 18, 2021 (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Jan 29, 2021 | One Governor Hopes To Pile Onto Joe Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Hike With A State-Level Cash Grab | If President Joe Biden gets his way, the federal capital gains tax rate will double. Meanwhile some ... [+] governors now want to pile on with state-level tax increases on capital gains and other income. getty |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Businesses Receiving Federal Pandemic Aid Face Prospect Of Surprise State Income Tax Bills | Many businesses who have struggled to stay afloat through the pandemic are now facing the prospect ... [+] of having to pay state income tax on federal relief funds received through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was enacted as part... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Latest Stimulus Package Would Include Second Stimulus Checks, But Not State Aid; Here’s Why It’s A Good Tradeoff | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s intransigent stance on keeping the overall stimulus plan ... [+] below $1 trillion is creating a need for unfortunate tradeoffs. Given the end of several federal stimulus programs and the current sta... |
| Nov 16, 2020 | Mayor: Marijuana Legalization (And Insanely High Taxes) Saved Chicago From COVID-19 Disaster | Cannabis buyers in Chicago, where legal marijuana sales began Jan. 1, pay some of the highest taxes in the United States. |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Why Did Illinois Voters Reject The So-Called ‘Fair Tax’ Amendment? And What’s Next? | A woman walks past a pro Fair Tax yard sign near a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, ... [+] 2020, in Chicago. Voters have rejected the Fair Tax proposal to abolish Illinois' flat-rate income tax for one that would take a grea... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | ‘COVID-19 Was A Dress Rehearsal’ - Illinois Pension Reformers Are Not Giving Up | getty |
| Feb 22, 2020 | The Bottom Line: Illinois’ Public Pension Debt Is A Moral Issue | Getty |
| Feb 21, 2020 | No, Gov. Pritzker, Illinois Pension Reform Isn’t A Fantasy | CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 01: Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker speaks during a round table ... [+] discussion with high school students at a creative workspace for women on October 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Pritzker was joined... |
| Jan 28, 2020 | Six Key Charts That Prove Why There Is No Alternative To Pension Reform In Illinois | State of Illinois Capital BuildingGetty |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Get Your Priorities In Order, Illinois | Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the state budget and legislation related to a graduated income tax in ... [+] Illinois, during a bill signing Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at the Thompson Center in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Nov 26, 2019 | Why Should You Care About The Illinois/New Jersey/Connecticut Pension Crisis? A Thanksgiving Dinner Discussion-Starter | Getty |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Illinois Prosecutor Brings Felony Eavesdropping Charges Against 13-Year-Old Who Recorded His Conversation With School Administrators | One of Illinois’ most-abused laws continues to be abused. For years, cops used the state’s eavesdropping laws to arrest citizens who attempted to record them. This practice finally stopped when three consecutive courts — including a federal... |
| Apr 21, 2018 | BigID lands in the right place at the right time with GDPR | Every startup needs a little skill and a little luck. BigID, a NYC-based data governance solution has been blessed with both. The company, which helps customers identify sensitive data in big data stores, launched at just about the same tim... |
| Sep 29, 2016 | 46 California Cities Join Rush To Impose 'Netflix Tax' | Last year, Chicago proudly declared that the city would be expanding its 9% amusement tax (traditionally covering book stores, music stores, ball games and other brick and mortar entertainment) to online streaming services and cloud computi... |
| Dec 10, 2014 | Illinois Legislature Passes Recording Ban To Protect Public Servants – Not The Public | Illinois’ awful “eavesdropping” law was mostly known for being abused by cops to prosecute citizens who recorded them. This strayed pretty far from the spirit of the law (you know, actual eavesdropping). Courts, including federal courts, de... |
| Apr 29, 2014 | Push For Progressive Income Taxes Picks Up In The Blue States | As opposed to Capitol Hill, where there is gridlock amid a divided federal government, most states around the country are under unified political control, with Republicans running the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the legislature ... |
| The 15 worst places to buy a home if you want it to grow in value | While most home prices have doubled in the last 25 years, property owners in some cities have struggled to gain value — especially in Illinois.
Out of the 400 U.S. metropolitan areas ranked by home-price growth since 1998, six Illinois citi... |
| How to get a job at a cannabis dispensary, according to employees, shop owners, and recruiters | A cashier rings up a marijuana sale at the Essence cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas. Associated Press This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
According to cannabis-recruiting star... |
| Ending Parking Mandates To Bend Development’s Cost Curve | Providing for free parking can be expensive for urban residential developers. The cost is ultimately passed along to residents in the form of higher rents or for-sale prices.
In recent years, more cities have reduced or eliminated parking m... |