Good job, Illinois voters. Bravo, Jeff Bezos (in a backhanded sort of way).
Tag: Governor Bruce Rauner
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Rauner and Pritzker tout government transparency while blocking access to records
Will Illinois’s candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?
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Here’s hoping that the myth of the bad teacher is finally laid to rest
Even Mayor 1 Percent is backpedaling away from his earlier support of charter schools and his refusal to
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Jackson Park and Thompson Center lead Preservation Chicago’s annual list of the city’s seven most-endangered architectural treasures
Jackson Park is the designated site of the Obama Presidential Library.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations
Instead another TIF deal benefits benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.
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Amazon won’t save the Thompson Center, but Nathan Eddy might
The Berlin-based documentary filmmaker hopes to rescue a building in danger of destruction.
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Rauner vetoes school funding bill, and other Chicago news
Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.
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The Illinois General Assembly is back in session with little hope for a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson is “ready” for his kidney transplant.
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On Mary Mitchell wagging a finger at Chance the Rapper
Sun-Times carries a lame column on Chance the Rapper
Posted inArts & Culture
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival
There was a ton of valuable information, but it was received in advance of a bleak future.
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Budget stalemate wreaked havoc on Illinois’s behavioral health-care infrastructure
Patients now face months-long waits for treatment as health-care workers struggle to do their jobs.
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A contentious appointment pits Rauner against Illinois’s academics
Critics say cybersecurity expert John Bambenek wouldn’t even count as faculty at most colleges.
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Advocates replace journalists at the Illinois Radio Network
In an earlier era, a news operation was one thing and a lobbying operation was another. But no more.
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Tribune staffers react to Bruce Dold’s appointment as editor
Younger reporters seem excited, while the older generation is mostly keeping its head down.
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The Rip Van Rauner State of the State
In his State of the State speech, Governor Rauner acted as though the year 2015 never existed.