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Posts tagged Rahm Emanuel
Daily Debunk: When taxes entice residents
Good schools attract new residents, and what’s one of the main keys to public education?
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Public Schools, Illinois Public Universities, BGA, Stephen Mihm, Charles Tiebout, Illinois Exodus, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Lain, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner
Daily Debunk: Table scraps from billionaires
We don’t need the occasional bike path; we need billionaires like Ken Griffin simply to pay their fair share
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois State Board of Elections, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Daniel Biss, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Corporate Subsidies, Corporate Welfare, Martin Luther King, AIG, Great Recession
Lightfoot 'cheers' ruling on sanctuary cities
Appellate court defends Chicago against retribution by Trump administration
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'Silicon Six' cyberbehemoths slick at skirting taxes, says study
IPI pulls boner on ‘Netflix and chill’
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Ted CoxSilicon Six, Illinois Policy Institute, Netflix, Netflix and Chill, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Fair Tax Mark, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Paul Monaghan, Bernie Sanders, Robert Reich, Chevron, Eli Lily, Rahm Emanuel, Urban Dictionary
Money for nothing produces exit to poverty
Aisha Nyandoro’s pilot program Magnolia Mother’s Trust gives $1,000 a month to 20 Mississippi moms
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Ted CoxAisha Nyandoro, Magnolia Mother's Trust, Ameya Pawar, Springboard to Opportunities, Economic Security for Illinois, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income, UBI, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force
Activists call for outreach to stem gun violence
Former Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan urges city to give troubled neighborhoods ‘a reason to put the guns down’
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Ted CoxArne Duncan, Max Kapustin, Ernest Cato III, Susan Lee, Eric Cumberbatch, Anne Tremblay, Autry Phillips, Chicago Police, Emerson Collective, Chicago CRED, Target Area DevCorp, Teny Gross, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, University of Chicago Crime Lab, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Murders, Chicago Murder Rate
Diapers to diplomas: Child care costs as much as college tuition
Day care in center, tuition both average over $13,000 in Illinois
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Trump trashes Chicago; Lightfoot, J.B. lash back
President kowtows to cops while lying about Chicago gun laws and sanctuary cities
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot, Eddie Johnson, Bill Barr, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Chicago Gun Laws, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Sanctuary City, Sanctuary Cities, Rahm Emanuel, Matt Albence, ICE, Melissa Vozar, Jussie Smollett, Trump Immigration, Trump Impeachment, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Consent Decree
No single solution to pension plight
Sen. Steans, Civic Federation’s Msall, IPI’s Schuster agree on problem, urge action
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Ted CoxIllinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Maggiano's Banquets, City Club of Chicago, Laurence Msall, Heather Steans, Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy Institute, Civic Federation, Kristen McQueary, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Lori Lightfoot
$15 an hour — now
Lightfoot endorses UIUC-ILEPI study urging accelerated hike in Chicago minimum wage
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Ted CoxRobert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Chicago Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Fight for $15, Illinois Minimum Wage, U.S. Minimum Wage, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, John Arena, Jason Ervin, Rahm Emanuel
Lightfoot blasts Sen. Cruz on gun control
Chicago mayor blames violence on guns ‘from states dominated by coward Republicans like you’
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Ted CoxGun Control, Chicago Gun Violence, U.S. Gun Control, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Gun Laws, Lori Lightfoot, Ted Cruz, Sean Casten, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Greg Abbott
Grassroots groups ask injunction against Chicago River development
Court filing charges subsidies don’t pass the ‘but for’ test on need
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Ted CoxAmisha Patel, Aneel Chablani, Grassroots Collaborative, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Lincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Sterling Bay, Brenda Delgado, Megan Reif, National Lawyers' Center for Civil Rights Law, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Joe Ferguson
Mayor Lightfoot: 'We are each other's business'
Inaugural speech redefines Chicago flag’s four stars to commit to safety, education, stability, and integrity
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Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax
Economic Security for Illinois backs ‘meaningful’ cost-of-living refund as taxpayer relief
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Ted CoxHarish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois EITC, Universal Basic Income, Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, J.B. Pritzker, Maurice West, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
How Chicago got its groove back
Exit interview: Rahm touts ‘restored sense of confidence’ at final City Club appearance as mayor
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Grassroots groups file suit against Chicago TIFs
Lincoln Yards TIF is Exhibit A as ‘a complete misuse of the program,’ suit charges
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Ted CoxAmisha Patel, Grassroots Collaborative, Joy Clendenning, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Raise Your Hand, Aneel Chablani, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago TIFs, Lincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, David Orr
Teen smokers get a butt-kicking
20-year-olds, too, as Gov. Pritzker signs law raising smoking age to 21
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Camille Lilly, Julie Morrison, Shana Crews, Kathy Drea, Julie Mirostaw, Matt Maloney, Illinois Smoking Age, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Respiratory Health Association, Mile Square Club, Tobacco 21
Chicago election post mortem: In battle of progressives, reformer won
It was Lightfoot’s ‘reform vs. experience,’ says Dick Simpson, and ‘the voters weren’t buying it’ from Preckwinkle
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Dick Simpson, Constance Mixon, Melissa Mouritsen, Chicago Mayor Election 2019, University of Illinois at Chicago, Elmhurst College, College of DuPage, Bill Daley, Edward Burke, Joe Berrios, Rahm Emanuel, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Susana Mendoza
J.B., Rahm cheer record $474M in state film production
Chicago’s Cinespace Studios leads way in 2018 for state’s 520 film, TV, media projects
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, Cinespace Chicago, Elgie Sims, Gillian Flynn, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Empire, Shameless, The Chi, DePaul University, DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts, ER, Alex Pissios
Chi LSD downer yields call to up infrastructure
Mayor Emanuel says it’s not just about preventing disasters, but increasing jobs
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