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CPS educators, we understand your frustration
As a public school parent, I know that rebuilding a world-class city requires a world-class education system built on trust. We want what our educators and families want: functional, safe, and accountable schools worthy of Chicago’s children.
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Editorial: Smaller backlog is welcome news
— Quad-City Times | Editorial Board — View the article. Remember, a few years back, when Illinois was regularly letting its bills stack up. Like a freeloader with big spending appetites —but without the income to match — the state was regularly letting the bills from social service agencies, health care facilities and myriad other…
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Editorial: Is Illinois no longer a deadbeat? Not exactly…
— Chicago Tribune | Editorial Board — Listen to the article. Good news has been all but nonexistent when it comes to the abysmal state of Illinois’ finances. The state’s pension shortfall stands at a hard-to-fathom $141 billion. Its bond rating continues to hover near junk status. And it was only a few years ago,…
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Editorial: Pull plug on legislators’ windfall pay scam
— Champaign News Gazette | Editorial Board — Public policy that, by design, institutionalizes abuse of taxpayers ought to be repealed. How’s this for ridiculous? Illinois taxpayers are/were on the hook for the full monthly February salaries of three members of the Illinois House who represented the same 22nd District in Chicago. Yes, it’s true, fully…
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Editorial: One month’s pay for three days’ work?
— Kankakee Daily Journal | Editorial Board — The recent comings and goings in the Illinois House of Representatives is nothing short of a debacle. To catch you up, long-tenured former Speaker Michael Madigan resigned his 22nd District post. He hand-picked Edward Guerra Kodatt to take his seat in the House. Three days after he was…
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Editorial: Our View, Mendoza initiative a smart move
— The State Journal-Register | Editorial Board — When Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza champions new legislation or implements a new program, we usually find ourselves thinking: How is this common-sense idea not already in place? It was that way with her quest to end “off-shoring,” the practice governors of both political parties used to make themselves…
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Editorial: Legislature should override Debt Transparency Act veto
— Herald-Whig | Editorial Board — View the article. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has the unenviable task of determining which bills the state can pay. Going more than two years without a budget, when spending continued to outpace revenue, escalated a backlog of unpaid bills that last week reached $14.7 billion. Of course, that’s only…
