Berkowitz with Melton on Resolving the State’s Budget Impasse

Via Chicago Now

Tonight’s City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs features David Melton, Executive Director of the Campaign for Political Reform. The program airs throughout Chicago at 8:30 pm and midnight on Cable Ch. 21 [CAN TV].

Topics discussed and debated by Melton with show host Jeff Berkowitz include a proposal for a grand bargain or budget dealbetween Speaker Madigan/Senate President Cullerton and Governor Rauner, Governor’s Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda, how to reform workmen’s compensation, is IL in need of redistricting reform and should local governmental units in Illinois have the right to restrict the scope of their collective bargaining with public sector unions.

Also discussed are ways  to resolve the CPS financial crisis. 

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