Author: Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor
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Colleges prepare for students to return after spring protests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – DePaul University is preparing to reopen its campus Quad before students return for fall classes. The Quad has been closed for about three months while workers repair damage from pro-Palestinian protests…
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Illinois school districts seek sales tax dollars
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Illinoisans already face a high tax burden and now DeKalb County school districts are asking voters to raise sales taxes for schools. Sales taxes would go up 1% in DeKalb County…
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Illinois retailers, communities suffer from shoplifting and robbery spikes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Business owners and taxpayers are paying a big price for retail theft. According to CWBChicago, shoplifting reports have soared 45% this year, making 2024 the worst year for retail theft in the…
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Job cuts are increasing in Illinois while wage growth is diminishing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Job cuts and unemployment rates are going up in Illinois, while workers’ wage growth is slowing. According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, reports, 1,169 Illinois workers were laid…
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Taxpayers pay $30 million more than projected for new Chicago transit stop
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – A new Chicago Transit Authority train station has opened years late, at a taxpayer cost that surpassed initial projections by more than $30 million. The Damen Green Line project was first…
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Illinois drivers have ways to save as fuel taxes skyrocket
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – High gas taxes make saving money more challenging for drivers in the Land of Lincoln. Illinois consumers are taxed 47 cents per gallon since the state’s motor fuel tax increased 3.5%…
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Freedom Alliance leader addresses issues with energy sources
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Concerns are being raised as solar energy facilities displace Midwestern farmland. The Institute for Energy Research reports that the target for solar operations is increasingly in the Midwest, where government subsidies allow solar…