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City Council watchdog: Ethics cases sent to prosecutors

Via The Chicago Tribune Allegations of criminal misconduct by Chicago aldermen are being reviewed by county, state and federal prosecutors, the City Council’s internal watchdog said Wednesday. “We have cases currently pending…that hopefully will result in indictments in the following…

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Emanuel signs executive order raising living wage to $13 an hour

Via Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed an executive order Wednesday requiring city contractors to pay their employees $13-an-hour — 9 percent more than the $11.93 currently required — and broadened the “living wage” umbrella to include airport concessionaires. Emanuel…

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Uber-taxi war runs up big tab for political influence

Via ChicagoBusiness.com The battle between ride-sharers such as Uber Technologies Inc. and conventional taxi companies has spawned not only an all-out political scrum but, in the Illinois tradition, a very big-bucks battle to buy political support. Much of what’s occurring…

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Scott Walker Flip-Flops on Campaign Money Transparency

Via Express Milwaukee How times have changed. As a lightning-rod governor facing a recall in 2012, Gov. Scott Walker raised unheard-of sums for his campaign. And, thanks to revelations in the new John Doe investigation, we now know that Walker also…

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Pat Quinn’s Cheap Gimmick

Via National Review Embattled Illinois governor Pat Quinn will be living on the minimum wage this week. Well, sort of. Quinn, a Democrat, won’t actually earn the minimum wage — he will continue to pull down the governor’s salary of…

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Quinn: Eating crackers on minimum wage challenge

Via Fox 32 CHICAGO (Associated Press) – Gov. Pat Quinn says his experience trying to live on the minimum wage for a week has meant graham crackers for dinner. Raising the state’s $8.25 hourly minimum wage to at least $10…

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Need corporate tax transparency in Illinois

Via St Louis Post-Dispatch Illinois corporate tax rates are not too high, and they do not stifle business. Our corporate tax policy is in fact too accommodating. Two bills now before the General Assembly could right that. The Illinois Department…

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President Obama, Joe Biden push minimum wage hike

Via Politico President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden today are using Labor Day appearances to press the case for a federal increase in the minimum wage — a top issue for Democrats. In Detroit, Biden told hundreds of…

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