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OPINION: Gov. Pritzker’s role in the extreme rhetoric surrounding Donald Trump – Wirepoints
The language of politics is nasty and in recent years it’s become extreme, Wirepoints writers Ted Dabrowski and John Klinger report in an op-ed posted on July 17. Many even link the assassination attempt on Donald Trump to the rhetoric that’s enveloped this presidential election. We won’t go that far, as vile language does not equal assassination attempts and free speech deserves to be fiercely protected, no matter how offensive it may get between politicians.
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Wilcox: ‘The disparity between budgeted and actual spending is expected to continue'
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) is speaking out against a projected $990 million in spending associated with Medicaid for noncitizens.
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Dabrowski on Thornley fraud scandal: ‘It was Pritzker's office that allegedly stepped in to make it happen’
Allegations that Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul are lockstep on downplaying the scandal involving former Illinois State Police Merit Board financial officer and Pritzker campaign worker Jenny Thornley.
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Dabrowski on Pritzker's tax grab: 'They really handcuff local governments' hands'
Illinois mayors and city managers are fed up with the capital's hold on their municipal budgets, and the latest tax grab from Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office may just be the last straw.
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Wirepoint's Dabrowski: Government involved in local media is 'scary'
A bill by State Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) that creates a task force to study underserved local journalism areas cleared the Senate this week.
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OPINION: Profiles In Courage? Top Illinois Officeholders Turn On Michael Madigan
What do Illinois’ top politicians know now that they haven’t always known that would cause them to throw House Speaker Michael Madigan under the bus?
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OPINION: Give Us Better Data And Projections: With COVID-19 Cases Soaring, Officially Reported Information Is Increasingly Useless
This is a lesson in how deficient the data and analyses are that health officials have provided to the public on COVID-19.
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OP-ED: Taxpayers and smaller retailers hammered by $741 million subsidy for Amazon in Chicago area
Cynical as you no doubt are about Illinois government, you should still be stunned by the dollar total of taxpayer subsidies for Amazon’s warehouses: $741 million for northeastern Illinois alone.
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OP-ED: ‘Seismic Disruption’: Chicago Estimates Combined Budget Shortfall of $2 billion for This Year And Next – Wirepoints
Chicago on Monday released its budget forecast for 2021 accompanied by an address from Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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State senator battles 'Gov. Pritzker tax hike'
Wilcox predicts homeowners will pay a steep price for governor's emergency orders
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State Rep. Joyce Mason joins General Assembly Retirement System despite funding problems
According to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Lake County Gazette, another Illinois lawmaker has opted into the General Assembly Retirement System (known as GARS), state Rep. Joyce Mason (D-Gurnee).
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From Prairie State Wire
Wirepoints makes a data-backed argument about why Illinoisans 'can and must get back to work'
When Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed off on the stay-at-home order that essentially shut off Illinois' economy five weeks ago, few could argue with his reasoning. Now, though, a government watchdog group claims the current reality warrants opening the state back up.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois has enough ventilators for COVID-19 patients, according to state's data
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets the 4,000 ventilators he's requested, Illinois could end up with 2,280 more ventilators than it needs under worst-case scenario projections for the coronavirus crisis in Illinois, according to an analysis of recently released data from the state.
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Wirepoints president thinks Pritzker's progressive tax might be the last straw for Illinois
Ted Dabrowski shakes at the thought of how much more abuse Illinois taxpayers can take.
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Pritzker's progressive tax plan not out to benefit 'just your Average Joe,' cautions Wirepoints president
If he could, Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski would ask the same question of every Illinois voter planning to cast a ballot in November on the issue of whether the state should replace its flat income-tax rate with a progressive or graduated rate.
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Local communities selling off sewer systems to help fund pension debt
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski says that states across the U.S. have crippled their cities by allowing runaway pension systems to grow even more out of control.
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From Prairie State Wire
More than half of Illinois' police and fire pension funds are underfunded, Wirepoints reports
Financial decay is happening at all levels of Illinois state government, according to the president of state news aggregation and research site Wirepoints.
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Public safety pension fund in North Chicago under 50 percent funded, study shows
The combined police and fire retirement fund in North Chicago is only 29 percent funded, according to a new analysis of Illinois pension debts by Wirepoints.org.
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Public safety pension fund in Waukegan under 50 percent funded, study shows
The combined police and fire retirement fund in Waukegan is only 48 percent funded, according to a new analysis of Illinois pension debts by Wirepoints.org.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois home values show little growth compared to neighbors, rest of U.S., Wirepoints reports
Illinois ranked near the bottom in average U.S. home values over a 12-year period ending in 2017, according to a new Wirepoints report.