by Ron Sandack | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog, Politics
For years, Chicago has been known to lag behind most other metropolitan cities in the U.S. when it comes to a number of economic trends. It has become customary for Illinoisans to expect our state to enter the race late when it comes to markets like housing and...
by Ron Sandack | Jul 7, 2019 | Blog, Politics
For decades, Chicago’s worker’s compensation program was privately handled by Ald. Edward Burke. It was recently brought to surface that the program was operating under unfair practices, with under-trained staff and a lack of overall knowledge of the program. An audit...
by Ron Sandack | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog, Politics
Beginning July 1st, the first set of many proposed tax increases on several goods will have taken effect across the state of Illinois. The goal of the increased taxation of these goods is to help fund the newest spending plan to fix state-wide infrastructure, like...
by Ron Sandack | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Politics
Illinois wants a voice. And by Illinois, I don’t mean Chicago, although that would be easy to assume; Illinois is more than its urban epicenter and surrounding collar counties, or at least that is what the rural communities in the state want you to know. As often is...
by Ron Sandack | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Politics
You have probably heard and even said that something was “not fair”. And furthermore, you have probably told someone that “life isn’t fair”. We often champion this idea of fairness when we want a better outcome. Illinois does the same. The new Governor and members of...
by Ron Sandack | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Politics
Governor Pritzker celebrated his first 100 days in office in April and his office released a list of his accomplishments in these first 100 days. Pritzker came into office with big plans of what he wanted to achieve and the policies that he wanted to enforce. He has...
