Chicagoans have no idea how much pension debt Illinois politicians have saddled them with. Officially, Windy City residents are on the hook for $70 billion in total pension shortfalls from the city and its sister governments plus a share of Cook County and state pensions. But listen to Moody’s Investors Service, the rating agency that’s […]
SURPRISE: All U.S. Taxpayers, Not Just Illinoisans, Will Cover Most of the Public Funding for Obama Center Fiasco in Chicago…
Only now has it become apparent that federal taxpayers, not Illinois taxpayers, will be funding most of the public support for the controversial Obama Center to be built on Chicago’s Southside. Wirepoints has learned from administrative officials and legislators that at least $139 million — 80% of the public funding for the center — almost […]
The Wiretap Rooms: The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities…
The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly known. They […]
Work Related to Obama Presidential Center to Cost Illinois Taxpayers Nearly $200M…
The controversial Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will benefit from almost $200 million in taxpayer funding for work on infrastructure projects near the center on Chicago’s South Side. The Chicago Sun Times first reported Friday that Illinois lawmakers had approved $174 million for roadwork in and around Jackson Park related to the development of the […]
Lawsuit Alleges ‘con shell game’ to Build Obama Center in Chicago Park…
The City of Chicago has engaged in “a short con shell game” to help Barack Obama build a 12-story museum and library dedicated to his presidency on public parkland, a new lawsuit alleges. Protect Our Parks filed the lawsuit Monday seeking to block construction of the Obama Presidential Center in historic Jackson Park on Chicago’s […]
Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt by Impounding Innocent People’s Cars…
On June 21, 2016, Chicago police pulled Spencer Byrd over for a broken turn signal. Byrd says his signal wasn’t broken, but that detail would soon be the least of his worries. Ever since, Byrd has been trapped in one of the city’s most confusing bureaucratic mazes, deprived of his car and his ability to […]
Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump in Challenge to Sanctuary Cities…
A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities, by upholding a nationwide injunction that blocked the Justice Department from denying funding to jurisdictions that fail to cooperate on immigration matters. A panel of three Republican-appointed judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
San Diego Joins Trump Administrations Lawsuit Against California’s Sanctuary City Law…
DHS: Dozens of MS-13, Other Gang Members Released by Sanctuary Cities…
‘Collusion’ with Chicago Officials and 13 Other Problems Locals Have with Obama Presidential Center…
A panel of national and local experts, comprised mostly of African-Americans, lambasted Chicago city officials in a meeting Wednesday night for how they have worked closely with the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center on public land despite criticism and serious concerns from representatives of the South Side neighborhood. “You have all this […]
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