From the Chicago Tribune: With an assist from the Chicago Teachers Union, local school council members from nine city schools are asking a Cook County judge to block Chicago Public Schools from closing or “turning around” 17 underperforming schools this year. Union attorneys, working on behalf of the community members, filed for injunctive relief Thursday, [...]
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Republic redux?
From In These Times… “This week renowned labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the workers laid off from Rolf’s in December 2010 and December 2011, arguing that the company violated the WARN Act both times by failing to give 60 days notice or 60 days severance pay. The suit [...]
Kids these days
We set up the incentives to keep our best and brightest out of Detroit … (They) went off to work at AIG.
What Would Keynes Do?
No country, ever, should run up any kind of trade deficit, much less the trade deficit on steroids we are running.
League of Women Voters Challenges Remap for Free-Speech Reasons
League of Women Voters of Illinois contends that the state and federal maps enacted by Springfield Democrats are partisan, and thus inevitably affect citizens’ ability to compete in a political forum.
Gerrymandering district should be against the law
There are First Amendment grounds to force such a law, but is anyone of either party ready for genuine fairness?
Tom talks with Laughing Liberally Chicago
The beer is cheap, the lineup insanely awesome. What more could you ask for?
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