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J.B. Pritzker is set to become the 43rd governor of Illinois on Monday. He won in part by promising to make college more affordable, improve the state’s…
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In 2008, the Great Recession helped to tip Illinois into a fiscal crisis it still hasn't recovered from. A new report from Standard & Poor's found that…
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In some pockets of Illinois, where one in every three people live in poverty or close to it, the need is visible in the landscape: empty lots where…
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Lee Somerstein is a writer and blogger traveling the country and collecting stories about how people have been impacted by the recession. He recently made…
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When Illinois passed legislation in 1997 to help implement the federal overhaul of the welfare system, then-state Sen. Barack Obama voiced concerns about…
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Buz Hoffman, like most other homebuilders, didn’t see the full force of this recession coming.Just three years after sales peaked at $415 million for the…
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On one of his first trips as president, Barack Obama visited East Peoria. He traveled to central Illinois to put a face on the recession that enveloped…
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This year might be a good time to take up yoga. Consumers will continue to need more ways to relieve stress as the recession threatens their jobs and…
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Chicago Tribune executives won’t be surprised if their coverage of Barack Obama’s history-making inauguration sells out. More than a week after the…