Recently published is a series of stories on where it’s easier/better to start and run a business. Whether we like it or not, businesses employ people; people do not employ businesses. Creating and maintaining a pro-business environment is not easy. But sure...
Six of every 10 Illinois public schools failed to meet federal test targets this year and risk federal sanctions as a result, according to information released Thursday by the Illinois State Board of Education. High schools fared the worst. Statewide, 656 of the 666...
Now this I have a problem with: Lawyers representing about 800 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in the past month demand that prosecutors drop the charges. If not, they say they won’t deal and will insist on going to trial – putting pressure on the...
Does this sound familiar? St. Louis is losing residents, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday, and the population decline goes deeper than being another blow to the proud city’s image. The drop will mean a financial loss that could cost the already...
A study by two University of Illinois at Chicago professors Thursday dumped on the idea of a Chicago Public Schools “miracle’’ under Mayor Daley and pushed for an elected — rather than appointed — school board to move city schools forward. The disparities between...