Is your money sitting in a TIF?

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 12:40

Roughly $1.3 billion dollars of tax payer money (and renter money)
is sitting in Cook County TIF accounts. 

Public meeting to address TIFs Feb 12 at Chopin Theater.  Read more »

Truth squad: Enrollment down in CPS, but not by much

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 00:27

School officials talk about 145,000 fewer kids in the city; actual enrollment decline in CPS since 2000 is 28,289.
December 10, 2012
By Linda Lutton and Becky Vevea at WBEZ 91.5  Read more »

John Laesch: Jakobsson and Chapa LaVia Sponsor Graduated Income Tax

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 13:04

by John Laesch, posted on Saturday, January 26th, 2013 at  the Progressive Fox  Read more »

New Liberal Alliance Slapped Down by Democratic Senator Harry Reid.

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 16:50

By Bill Bianchi, PDA-IL Co-Chair

From Mother Jones  A month after President Barack Obama won reelection, top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal politics met at the headquarters of the National Education Association (NEA), a few blocks north of the White House. Brought together by the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Communication Workers of America (CWA), and the NAACP, the meeting was invite-only and off-the-record.   Read more »

Labor Campaign Pushes Healthcare as a Human Right, Not a Business, The Nation

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 14:38

 Micah Uetricht  January 22, 2013   The Nation