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Mulling Reparations, California Sets Aside $12 Million as a Start
New York Times· 15 hours agoDirect cash payments are not imminent, but under the state’s new budget, the money could go toward...
Chicago’s minimum wage is set to go up July 1. Here’s what you need to know.
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoChicago’s minimum wage will get its annual increase Monday, when it will hit $16.20 for most workers across the city. Chicagoans familiar with the city’s minimum wage ordinance will notice two ...
Chicago Teachers Union endorses slate of candidates for Chicago’s school board election
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoLess than a week after the filing period ended for Chicago’s first school board election, the...
Dorval on defense: Embattled CTA chief tours his transit system for lawmakers to see agency ‘up...
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoDorval Carter embarked on a “legislative tour” of his transit system with Black lawmakers this week, the latest endeavor by the embattled CTA president to curry favor with key government officials ...
Opinion | Chicago Needs to be Repaired Not Taxed for Reparations
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoIt’ll have to cost billions to fund and attempts to find that revenue will drive out residents.
Daywatch: Who won last night’s presidential debate?
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoGood morning, Chicago. Last night’s presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden ...
State adds two migrant shelters months before DNC, causing objections from lawmakers
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoAhead of August’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration...
Editorial: City Council has a Google Doc full of wild new tax ideas and no clear plans to review...
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoThe City Council’s mad scramble for new revenue sources, just getting underway per the orders of Mayor Brandon Johnson, is shaping up to be a spectacle ...
Earl Scruggs Music Festival Going Beyond Music
antiMUSIC· 3 days agoEarl Scruggs Music Festival will play host to more than just music
CTU lobbyist helped craft mayor’s letter to Senate president at heart of Springfield selective...
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoMayor Brandon Johnson’s letter to Illinois Senate President Don Harmon last month vowing not to shut down selective enrollment schools was directly edited ...