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Rauner Halts Proposed Cuts To Senior In-Home Care
Gov. Rauner’s administration has halted plans to scale back an in-home senior care program. The proposed reduction had faced criticism from the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans and SEIU Healthcare Illinois.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: New Laws Are Baby Steps Toward Streamlining Too Many Governments
Illinois has 1,800 more government units than even Texas. But a few new laws and a growing movement behind streamlining is good news for beleaguered taxpayers.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: Does Chicago Protect ‘Criminal Aliens’?
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently accused the Chicago Police Department of maintaining “an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents.”
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: U.S. Senate Candidate Says Illinois Communities Are Under Sharia Law
Are there really entire communities in Illinois that ignore U.S. law and operate instead under Sharia law?
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
Fixing Bloated Bureaucracy: What You Need To Know About New Consolidation Law
Senate Bill 3 is now law (Public Act 100-0107); a law that attempts to empower citizens to consolidate some of their governments. SB3, introduced by state Sen. Tom Cullerton and state Rep. Sam Yingling, originally was part of the Senate’s “grand bargain” package. The bill was supported by both Republicans and Democrats across the state.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: Has Rahm Rid Chicago Of Bad Financial Practices?
Mayor Emanuel says he’s cut into “every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited.” Has he really set city finances on a distant path to soundness?
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Shaw: Navy Pier Shell Game Cries Out For TIF Reform
The Navy Pier TIF shell game reported by BGA/Crain’s is just the latest transgression in a city TIF program that’s been steeped in secrecy and mired in controversy since its inception three decades ago. It’s time for Chicago to get its TIF act together.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
How CHA Rehabs Of Senior Apartments Blow Through Budgets, Cause Real Pain
Expensive cost overruns are the rule, rather than the exception, when the Chicago Housing Authority orders up renovations at senior housing complexes it runs. Inconvenience, frustration and sometimes danger for elderly residents accompany the rehab work.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: End The School Funding Divide-And-Conquer
For at least 25 years, we’ve been playing divide-and-conquer games over Illinois school funding, with our children as the dispensable collateral damage.