Category Archives: Economic Development
Illinois Democratic Polling in Governor Contest
NEW #ILGov Dem Poll: Pritzker: 32% Kennedy: 26% Biss: 22% Undecided: 16% Victory Research, conducted Mar 13-16 Margin of Error: 2.82% Total polled: 1204 statewide
Posted in Chicago, Crime, domestic violence, Economic Development, Economy, Education, election fraud, Elections, Illinois, Illinois Pensions, illinois politics, political satire, politics, Rauner, referendum, Taxation, Union
Tagged advocacy, Biss, Chicago, education, governor, Illinois, income tax, Kennedy, Madigan, politics, polling, Pritzker, Rauner, Roy F. McCampbell, unemployment
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Pension “Reform” ?
No issue in America today better illustrates the divergent interests of working Americans and the 1 percent than pension reform. Substantial empirical evidence shows that America’s favored retirement vehicle — the 401(k), recently renounced by its own inventors — is … Continue reading
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Tagged cook county, education, Illinois, Madigan, politics, Rauner, Roy F. McCampbell, unemployment
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Lesson Learned: Signs of a Potential School Shooter ?
Signs of a potential school shooter: 1) Tells people online that he’s going to be a school shooter 2) Messages classmates with death threats 3) Parents report that he has “put a gun to others’ heads in past.” 4) Authorities … Continue reading
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Tagged advocates, Chicago, children, commercials, Common Core State Standards, facebook, FAPE, Franklin Park, Madigan, McCampbell, murder, parents, politics, Rauner, Roy F. McCampbell, school, School District Consolidation, school district., transparency, work force
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Cook County New Affidavits Requirements For Class 6b And Class 8 Incentives Suspended
On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 24 Mayors from throughout Cook County testified in front of the Cook County Business and Economic Development Committee, to repeal the new Cook County Incentives Ordinance 74-71(b)(2), which implemented new Labor regulations and required Living … Continue reading
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Tagged 6b, affidavits, cook county, tax incentive
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How a 574-year-old school is preparing for a world without classrooms
What does a nearly six-century-old private school that charges $54,000 a year in tuition do when confronted with start-ups with bright ideas about how education should work? If you’re Eton College, alma mater to much of the British … Continue reading
Bitcoin tumbles 20%, dipping below $12,000 to the digital currency’s lowest level in more than a month
Over $100 billion wiped off global cryptocurrency market following talk of South Korea trading ban. Prices of major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ripple and ethereum took a hit following the news that South Korea could be preparing to ban trading in … Continue reading
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My 2018 Predictions For The World As I See It:
I join the legion of prognosticators who offer guesses and visions about what will happen in 2018. Once again,……………. All predictions guaranteed, or your money back. Of the baker’s dozen below, one or two are tongue-in-cheek. I leave it to … Continue reading →