Aún cuando el gobierno de Trump ha enfrentado obstáculos por preguntar en el conteo del 2020, si todos los que viven en el país son ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, expertos y personas con familiares indocumentados, temen que los inmigrantes ya tengan menos probabilidades de participar — con enormes desafíos financieros para Chicago e Illinois.
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What The Gov: What Does It Mean To Have Six Democratic Socialists on the Chicago City Council?
A slew of democratic socialists now sit on the Chicago City Council. How did that happen, and what does that mean for city politics?
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Lyons Delays Unusual Tax Break For Mayoral Donor
Following BGA story, suburb tentatively hits brakes on tax increment financing district that would have benefited campaign contributor to Mayor Chris Getty.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Can Mayor Lightfoot’s Growing Team Dig Chicago Out of its Financial Mess?
Lightfoot takes cues from the federal government to surround herself with economic advisers. This is the first step of many she’ll need to take to right Chicago’s fiscal ship.
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Fact-Check: FOP Attack on Consent Decrees Falls Short
The head of the city’s police union claims studies show consent decrees reining in officer conduct are unsuccessful and are often followed by an uptick in crime.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Census Stirs Fears Regardless of Citizenship Question
Even as the Trump administration has confronted setbacks about asking if everyone is a U.S. citizen in the 2020 headcount, experts and families with undocumented members fear immigrants already are less likely to participate — with enormous financial stakes for Chicago and Illinois.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Latest Pension Play Is No Guaranteed Fix
If Illinois’ Constitution prevents lawmakers from curbing rising pension costs, then change the Constitution, advocates say. But experts warn a voter-approved rewrite may lead to a lengthy legal challenge and end, once again, without a permanent solution.
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Fact-Check: Brady’s Muddled Attack on Pritzker’s Tax Plan
While critiquing a Democratic plan to replace Illinois’ flat income tax with graduated rates, the Senate Republican leader claimed the state lost more middle-class families than any other income group after the last tax hike.
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Fact-Check: Durkin Off-base in Claim about Illinois Infrastructure Woes
While defending new tax and fee hikes for state capital projects, the House Republican leader said a bridge in Joliet is in such bad shape that school buses are prohibited from crossing it.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Lightfoot Talks Tough to the FOP — Will It Backfire?
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has gone out of her way to draw a distinction between FOP leadership and rank-and-file officers. Will it bring reform?
