A look at Cook County’s property tax appeals board
Tag: Illinois General Assembly
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How to stay in office for decades: Illinois State House elections
Back by popular demand: The Back Room Deal features radio personality and longtime Reader political writer Ben Joravsky arguing local Chicago politics with Reader senior writer Maya Dukmasova. With sharp wit and stinging analysis, Joravsky and Dukmasova cut through the smokey haze of the elections to offer you a glimpse of the 2020 Chicago-area Illinois […]
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Despite Mayor Lightfoot’s campaign promise, Chicago’s casino will be owned by a private investor after all
So much for gambling of the people, by the people, and for the people.
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Landlords for rent control? You heard that right
Little Village property owners are seeing benefits in a new proposed state senate bill.
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Rich dudes rejoice: The ‘Fair Tax’ is all but dead in Illinois
A progressive income tax requiring folks like Kanye, Rauner and Pritzker to pay more won’t be on the ballot this fall.
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Rauner’s reefer madness rules despite overwhelming support for legal pot
Weed Week: Recreational marijuana won’t be legal as long as the embattled Republican remains governor.
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Let’s make Pritzker and Rauner pay more—a lot more—in state income taxes
There’s one thing Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker have in common: each should have to fork over more of their billions to help Illinois pay its bills.
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Potential mayoral candidate Paul Vallas strikes out at Emanuel after Chicago State drama, and other news
Also, Tinley Park police release a new image of the Lane Bryant shooting suspect ten years after the tragedy.
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Illinois’s late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women’s March.
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Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban
J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.
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J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.
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Luis Gutierrez won’t run for Congress again, endorses Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia to succeed him, and other Chicago news
Also, a residence hall without heat, hot water forces Chicago State University students to stay in hotels.
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Report: Chicago-based Trump adviser Papadopoulos was a lot closer to the campaign than Trump admits, and other news
Also, Rauner is facing a primary challenge from the right.
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Former president Barack Obama reports for Cook County jury duty, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel’s plan to build $95 million police training academy.
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Barack, Michelle Obama return to Chicago for the first-ever Obama Foundation Summit, and other news
Also, Prince Harry and Michelle Obama surprise south-side students.