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Is Illinois Serious About Tackling Debt?

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The quick answer is “No.” The answer really is not at all complex. The latest legislative session for the general assembly ended last week. The session started in November with an increase in personal and corporate income taxes. The rationale coming from the Democrats (I can be partisan because it …

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Chicago must pay attorney’s fees after losing in Supreme Court gun ban case.

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Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge. The Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that a federal enclave’s ban on operable handguns in the home violates the Constitution’s second amendment. In 2008 the City of Chicago and …

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Prepare for More Money Printing: Analyst

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By: Jessica Hartogs Assistant Producer, CNBC.com Investors should prepare themselves for a third round of quantitative easing, Simon Maughn, co-head of European equities at MF Global, told CNBC Wednesday. “The bond market is going in one direction which is up-falling yields which is telling you quite clearly the direction of …

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FOI Act not meant to expose citizens to risk

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The Daily Herald editorial “Stop dimming transparency efforts,” failed to understand the crux of the Freedom of Information Act argument. The Herald correctly stated that the point of the law is to help citizens keep government accountable so as to limit corruption. This is a valid goal, and indeed, should …

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Bartlett police add mental-illness response team

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By Dave Gathman dgathman@stmedianetwork.com May 24, 2011 6:22PM BARTLETT — The Bartlett Police Department has become one of only a handful of area departments to have a Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT. It is composed of five law enforcement officers who received intensive specialized training on dealing with people who …

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U.S. dipping into pensions as it hits debt limit

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Reuters 9:43 a.m. CDT, May 16, 2011 U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress he would start tapping into federal pension funds Monday to free up borrowing capacity as the nation hits the $14.294 trillion legal limit on its debt. The U.S. Treasury will issue $72 billion in bonds and …

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US Rail Train False Flag Terror Plots

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US rail lines in al-Qaida terror plans Jessica D’Onofrio, May 6, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Information taken from Osama bin Laden’s compound after his death is revealing details of al-Qaida’s plans, including a potential plot against U.S. rail lines. That means tighter security on rail lines everywhere. An alert to …

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Could Political Complications Shut Down the Logan Square Farmers Market?

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We’ve been proud to see small, neighborhood-based farmers markets spreading rapidly throughout the city over the past several years. But this is Chicago, and eventually a market would run into the harsh reality of city politics. We’ve discussed the bureaucratic obstacles to creative foodspaces before, but Gaper’s Block reports a …

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Quinn Making Slaves of Us All

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I concluded my last blog by stating that debt and financial hardship makes slaves of us all. No one proves my point any better than Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/politics/quinn-threatens-stop-cities-funding-borrowing-approval-chicago-taxes-illinois-20110429 The linked story from Fox Chicago tells of how Governor Quinn has threatened to withhold money from municipalities unless he …

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Heroin Highway

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Heroin abuse in Chicago’s suburbs is reaching epidemic proportions, and the area’s Eisenhower Expressway has become known as the “Heroin Highway” for all the smack that flows through it.

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Wikileaks: Many at Guantanamo ‘not dangerous’

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Guantanamo Bay detention facility President Obama pledged in January 2009 to close the prison within a year Files released by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks have revealed that the US believed many of those held at Guantanamo Bay were innocent or only low-level operatives. The files, published in US and European …

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Park board to new colleague: Pay $330 for toilet tampering

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By Brian Slodysko TribLocal reporter Today at 6:44 a.m. Downers Grove Park Board officials Thursday asked commissioner-elect Mark Roman to pay $330 for allegedly tampering with a portable toilet near his home. Roman, whose alleged conduct involving a portable park district toilet generated both a police report and extra work …

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iPhones Secretly Track Your Every Move, Researchers Say

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The Huffington Post Catharine Smith First Posted: 04/20/11 12:44 PM ET According to security researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan, your iPhone or iPad is keeping a record of every step you take, storing this data and sharing it with the devices that sync with the iPhone or iPad. What’s …

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ACLU: Michigan cops stealing drivers’ phone data

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by Matt Hickey This machine can let police see all of your photos. Even that one. The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called “extraction devices” to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they’re not suspected of any crime. Naturally, the ACLU has a …

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