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No Joke: You Paid $700,000 for Doors
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
Turns out that Illinois state employees are among the highest paid, though Illinois does not top the list even among Midwestern states. But Illinois also has the fewest state employees per capita of all states. We break it all down in today's infographic. You be the judge of what constitutes "overpaid."
CHICAGO
2014: Dillard, Rutherford Announce Running Mates via Social Media
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
Republican gubernatorial candidates Dan Rutherford and Kirk Dillard used social media over the long holiday weekend to preview their running mate choices.
CHICAGO
GOP Day at IL State Fair: 4 Gov Candidates Square Off
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
Republicans this year are giddy about their chances for retaking the governorship for the first time since Rod Blagojevich's victory in 2002.
CHICAGO
Bruce Rauner: I'm Ready to Fight Unions
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
Illinois has never seen a candidate for governor like Republican hopeful Bruce Rauner. The Chicago venture capitalist has nearly endless wealth he could put into his campaign. He has no experience in elected office.
CHICAGO
Double-dip Dem Debate
By
Madeleine Doubek
, Contributor
Chief Operating Officer, Reboot Illinois
Gov. Pat Quinn and his opponent, Bill Daley, are fully sparring now over cronyism as this Daley says Quinn's nomination to the Chicago Transit Authority of Thornton Township Supervisor Frank Zuccarelli violates the spirit of a law that doesn't allow some board nominees to get multiple government salaries.
CHICAGO
Metra chairman resigns: No politics here, he says
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Where is Quinn's amendatory veto pen when we need it?
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Madigan/Cullerton lawsuit: "Quinn acting like Blagojevich"
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
2014: Daley officially in for governor
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Quinn's lawmaker salary veto: Playing with fire?
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
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CHICAGO
More patronage outrage from Metra scandal
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Income tax debate takes center stage
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Income tax debate finally taking center stage
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
Crime, debt, flight = Detroit? Not to a Chicago cartoonist
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
CHICAGO
What's in Illinois' income tax future?
By
Matthew Dietrich
, Contributor
Editor of Reboot Illinois
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