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Are you skeptical that there's much call for a midsized arena beyond the 30 or so Blue Demons games that would be held there every year? You're right to be.
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Crain's cartoonist Roger Schillerstrom's weekly take on the headlines.
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Readers' chime in on the recent Illinois vs. Texas showdown and the necessity for Medicaid expansion.
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Here's what readers had to say about Joe Cahill's recent blog on Chicago's relative scarcity of successful start-ups.
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I grew up in Springfield and was 12 years old when Jim Thompson was elected governor in 1976. Republicans held that office until I was 39. It's possible I'll be collecting Social Security before the Illinois GOP gets its act together sufficiently to take back the governor's mansion.
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The problem isn't that conservatives were targeted. The problem is that the IRS hasn't looked more closely at all applicants for nonprofit status, regardless of political leanings.
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Last week the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released, to considerable fanfare, a study of variation in hospital charges for a wide range of treatments. CMS reports that charges routinely vary by a factor of two or more.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week released hospital-specific charges and payments for the top 100 Medicare cases treated by all U.S. hospitals.
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The Chicago Teachers Union says it's targeting Rahm Emanuel for defeat in 2015. This sounds very bold and big. It is also ridiculous.
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If shareholders call for JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to give up the chairman title, pressure to divide the jobs at other big public companies is sure to intensify.
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"A fellow told me, pretend Lake Michigan is the East River, the Chicago River is the Hudson and Evanston is Scarsdale."
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You know the stereotypes: Republicans in your bedroom, Democrats in your wallet. So when it comes to money, the GOP is more trustworthy, right? I'm beginning to wonder.
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The Madigan blueprint is estimated to save about $150 billion over 30 years — not enough to cover current obligations, but still better than Team John's plan.
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Crain's cartoonist Roger Schillerstrom's weekly take on the headlines.
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Readers fire back on gun crime, unpaid bills and the Howard Brown Health Center
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In a world where people are happy to snap up cheap clothes, it is hard for a large-scale brand to buck the trend and take on additional cost to ensure ethical treatment of workers in its supply chain.
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Kudos to Gov. Pat Quinn, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Medical District Commission on last month's announcement of a new hub for Chicago's thriving bioscience industry. This latest achievement is proof positive that biotechnology means business in Illinois.
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For more than six years, seriously ill Illinois residents, their families and advocates have been fighting to pass medical marijuana legislation in Illinois. It has been an uphill battle for much of that time, but last month brought a breakthrough. The House of Representatives
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Campaigns in Los Angeles County and Denver show that a majority of taxpayers are willing to support increased investment in transit services. Cook County needs a similar plan.
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An imperfect but useful bipartisan bill crafted by Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey would have tightened loopholes and enacted tougher penalties against illegal gun trafficking. This bill died recently on Capitol Hill, but there's talk of resurrecting it — and Chicagoans should push for it. Here's why.
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Nominate a young leader for Crain's annual 40 Under 40 honor. The deadline is Monday.
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