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Chicago To Give Aggressive Hospital Debt Collector Millions

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Accretive-Health, Lori Swanson, Chicago Tax Increment Financing, Chicago Tifs, Rahm Emanuel, Tifs Chicago, Accretive, Accretive Rahm Emanuel, Lori Swanson Accretive, Scott Waguespack, Accretive Chicago, Tifs, Chicago News

Under an agreement approved by the City Council last year, Chicago is set to hand over $6 million in tax increment financing to Accretive Health, the ...

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Consider Yourself Briefed (On the Trust)

Tom Tresser | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Public Finances, Privatization, Infrastructure, Chicago Infrastructure Trust, Tif, Tifs, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Infrastructure Trust, Chicago News

I will state my bias plainly for all Huffington Post readers. I don't trust The Trust. It's not privatization. It's worse: it's corporatization

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The Working Families and Occupy Movement Are Winning

Amisha Patel | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Cme, Tax Breaks, Tifs, Video, Chicago News

Last night it was announced that the CME along with several other corporations would return the TIF money previously allocated for them. When has one corporation, let alone three, ever given back TIF money in Chicago? NEVER.

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CME Group, Other Firms Reject $34 Million In City Subsidies

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Cme Group Tax Breaks, Tax-Increment Financing, Video, Rahm Emanuel TIFs, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Tif Reform, Corporate Tax Breaks, Cme Group Tif, Tifs, CME Group, Chicago News

On the same day Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced reforms he says will improve the accountability and transparency of the city's controversial tax incremen...

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CME Group's 'Golden Toilet'? Budget Cuts Renew Anger About Chicago TIFs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Occupy Chicago, TIF Districts Chicago, Chicago Board of Trade, Video, Rahm Emanuel, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Budget, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Tifs, CME Group, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- On Tuesday morning, a group of about 50 protesters gathered at the Board of Trade -- home of the CME Group -- to deliver a "golden toilet" ...

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Rahm Feels The Love: Budget Approved Unanimously

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Rahm Budget Proposal, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Budget, Rahm Emanuel, City Council Budget Vote, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Budget 2012, Chicago Tif Districts, Chicago 2012 Budget, Tifs, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel scored a major victory Wednesday afternoon as his first city budget was passed unanimously by the City Council. All 50 ...

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Emanuel's Budget Likely To Pass With Flying Colors

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Rahm Budget Proposal, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Budget, Rahm Emanuel, City Council Budget Vote, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Tif Districts, Chicago Budget 2012, Chicago 2012 Budget, Tifs, Chicago News

As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said himself, the city's current fiscal situation forced him to make some "tough choices" when drafting the 2012 budget....

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Fees, Cuts & Closures: A Look At Rahm's Budget Plan

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, Chicago Hotel Tax, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Station Closures, Rahm Budget Plan, Rahm Emanuel Budget, Chicago Library Hours, Chicago 2012 Budget, Chicago Police Stations Closed, Chicago Surplus, Tifs, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first budget proposal was unveiled Wednesday, and as the mayor said previously--it's bound to make some people unhappy. ...

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Daley Calls City Audit On Donations To Charity ‘Insult To My Wife'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Maggie Daley, Daley Chicago, After School Matters, Tifs, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley on Monday denounced as "disgraceful" and a "personal insult to my wife" an internal audit concluding that recipients of ...

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Lake Shore Drive Tolls, City Income Tax Could Be Ahead

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Lake Shore Drive, Lollapalooza, Chicago City Council, Inspector General Joe Ferguson, Mayor Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Budget, Lake Shore Drive Toll, Chicago Income Tax, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Budget, Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Tax-Increment Financing Districts, Joe Ferguson, Tifs, Chicago News

Charging a $5 toll for using Lake Shore Drive and introducing a separate city income tax are just two of several ideas City Hall's watchdog has for cl...

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Rahm Faces Tough Questions, Hecklers At Second Town Hall

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Mayor Emanuel, Public Employees, Chicago Traffic Aides, Chicago Public Schools, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Budget, Chicago Budget Townhall, Seiu, Chicago Unions, Chicago Budget Deficit, Chicago Teachers Union, Jean-Claude Brizard, Tifs, Chicago Teachers, Chicago News

While Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's second town hall meeting this week was reportedly less heated than a Monday meeting where Emanuel was briefly booed...

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City Greenlights $7M TIF For Upscale Greektown Grocer

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Mariano's Fresh Market, Chicago Business, Tif Reform, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Rahm Emanuel, Tifs, Food Deserts, Chicago News

On Tuesday, the city's Community Development Commission approved a $7 million public subsidy, through the city's controversial tax increment financing...

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Tips for Chicago's TIF Panel

David Orr | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago Tifs, David Orr, Tifs, Cook County Board, Chicago, TIF Districts Chicago, Chicago News

Members of Mayor Emanuel's newly appointed TIF panel will soon roll up their sleeves to start rebuilding city policy on TIFs. This is a welcome development.

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Meet The Team That's Tackling Chicago's $500 Million Shadow Budget

Chicago Tribune | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Rahm Emanuel TIFs, Carole Brown, Tif Reform, Tifs, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel TIF Reform, Illinois, Chicago Tifs, Laurence Msall, Chicago News

Fulfilling a campaign promise, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today impaneled a committee to study the effectiveness of the special property tax districts that pr...

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Fighting For An Affordable Housing Law, Against City Hall

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lsna, Sweet Home Chicago Coalition, Zapata Apartments, Sweet Home Chicago, Tifs, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance, Chicago, Illinois, Logan Square, Affordable Housing, Chicago News

Save for a single tree, the lot at 3230 W. Armitage is completely bare. It's plenty big, wide enough for two or maybe three brownstones, but there's n...

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Will the Grass Roots Have a Horse in This Race?

Tom Tresser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago, Chicago 2016, Tax Increment Financing, Chicago Tifs, Tifs, Chicago News

Who will be the champion of grass roots economic development, social justice, fully funding public education and reversing the trend towards privatizing everything in sight?

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CPS Parents Rip Daley, Huberman On Misuse Of TIF Funds

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tif Districts, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago Schools, Chicago Tifs, Tifs, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools' budget woes are causing a growing number of teachers and parents to pressure Mayor Richard Daley on TIF funding for schools. T...

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Daley Says If City Took Financial Advice From State, 'We'd Be Bankrupt'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey Daley, Chicago Public Schools, Tifs, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, State Budget, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Illinois State Budget, Mayor Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget Hearings, Tif Districts, John Fritchey, Chicago City Budget, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley does not appreciate criticism--whether it's coming from the media, Democrats or Republicans. On Tuesday, he made this abun...

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The End Of The 'Shadow Budget'? Daley Mulls Using TIFs To Fill Deficit

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daley TIFs, Chicago Budget Crisis, Tifs, Chicago Tifs, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, Chicago, Chicago News

It has been investigated by some of Chicago's most dedicated journalists. It has been the subject of heated criticism, public debate and sunshine legi...

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The Shadow Budget: How The City Spends TIF Funds, Ward By Ward

Chicago Reader | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tif Districts, Tifs, Chicago Tifs, Daley TIFs, Tid Districts Chicago, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago Tif Funds, Chicago Budget, Chicago News

If ever there was a community in need of economic development, it's West Englewood. It's riddled with vacant lots. Those that aren't turning to swa...

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Cook County Hospital To Be Renovated For $108 Million

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cook County, Illinois, Cook County Hospital, Tifs, Cook County Board, Preservation Chicago, Chicago, Chicago News

Old Cook County Hospital, is showing signs of new life. Today, county commissioners OK'd a nearly $108 million re-development plan, first reported by...

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Wal-Mart Billionaire Wants $8 Million Subsidy

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Walton, St. Louis Rams, Tifs, Denver Nuggets, Denver Broncos, The Avalanche, THF Realty, Bud Walton, E. Stanley Kroenke, Business News

An entrepreneur who married into Sam Walton's extended family, and is listed high up on the Forbes Wealthiest Americans list, is asking Missouri taxpayers to help him build a bigger Wal-Mart.

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Alderman: East Loop Doesn't Need A TIF District

Chicago Real Estate Daily | Eddie Baeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Loop TIF, Brendan Reilly, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Chicago Tifs, Tifs, Chicago News

Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) said he doesn't support a new tax-increment financing district for the East Loop. ...

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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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Alderman Burke Had Fence Behind His Home Built With Taxpayer Money

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO and TIM NOVAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Burke, Burke Fence, Ald. Edward Burke, Aldermanic Menu, Tifs, Chicago News

For years, the single railroad track south of Curie Metro High School on the Southwest Side had been a hangout for teens and a cut-through for commute...

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