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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announces another run for Chicago mayor
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Wednesday she will make a second run for mayor of Chicago, marking the biggest entry yet in a sure-to-be-crowded field of candidates.
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Put Illinois students above politics, and opt in to the federal scholarship program
A new program called the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship, or FTCS, allows taxpayers to claim a federal income tax credit of up to $1,700 for donating to qualified scholarship-granting organizations.
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Our students deserve stable classrooms, not Brandon Johnson’s costly chaos
Susana Mendoza warns against Mayor Johnson’s risky CPS loan and urges stability, accountability, and transparency for Chicago’s students and families.
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Illinois needs to rely on the right voices to get its financial house in order
David Greising highlights Susana Mendoza’s push for fiscal discipline, urging strategic use of state surpluses and federal relief to stabilize Illinois.
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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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The clock is ticking at last on paycheck shenanigans in Springfield
— Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn — Listen to this article. State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said the needle on her shenanigans detector jumped dramatically shortly after the resignation of state Sen. Martin Sandoval in late November 2019. The Southwest Side senator, who died a little more than a year later of COVID-19, was at the…
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Op-ed: Susana Mendoza: Ex-lawmakers trying to claw back rejected raises are wasting taxpayer money
— Chicago Tribune Op-ed | Mendoza, S. — Listen to this article. On behalf of all Illinois taxpayers, I’d like to ask our state’s “Million Dollar Man” to give up his crusade for even more taxpayer money. State taxpayers paid former state Sen. Mike Noland $738,000 during his 10 years as a state legislator. Now…
