Morning Shorts
Monday, Nov 1, 2010 - Posted by Rich Miller * Recession hasn’t bottomed out on Main Street * Debts drive record numbers in suburbs to file bankruptcy * Filing bankruptcy could cost you a lot now and later * Lessons of the recession: ‘Thou shall not use thy house as an ATM’ * The corruption case you barely heard of
* Area towns top state, nation on census return rates
* Tribune Co. faces new challenges to restructuring plan * Tribune Co. creditors file 3 competing reorganization plans * Ameren reports 3rd quarter loss * Illinois to benefit from federal health-care aid for some retired workers * Illinois hospital report card adds new information * Stroger plan surprises commissioners
* Stroger urged to fight jobless claim * IRS slapped Daley nephew with $157,962 lien on summer home * Conrad Black gets 2 convictions reversed * Schools: Report card not good measuring stick * 5 Dead, 21 Hurt In Halloween Weekend Shootings * Navistar announces plans for facility * Aurora police union angered by possible officer layoffs * Batavians to vote on downtown rec center * Democrats, GOP getting testy over Will County budget * Two finalists named for Kane state’s attorney job * Rockford Airport gets $8M grant * Quincy’s early retirement program expected to save $5.18 million over next five years * Lincoln schools look into sales tax * High-speed rail construction to reach Chatham on Monday * Former ESL employee denies cooperating with Feds to get lighter sentence * Race for obscure post tests Chicago-style politics
* Emanuel urges city reforms on no-bid contracts * Sources: Health has Fioretti rethinking mayoral run * Ald. Fioretti might not run for mayor * Cynthia Plaster Caster runs for Chicago mayor
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- Carl Nyberg - Monday, Nov 1, 10 @ 9:23 am:
Lesson of the recession: the financial sector is a predatory industry that will destroy the whole economy if left to their own devices. And they engage in fraud liberally to rip-off everyone: their borrowers, their lenders and the government.
- Leroy - Monday, Nov 1, 10 @ 9:34 am:
>High-speed rail construction to reach Chatham on Monday
Will the 3hr Chicago - St Louis leg be open in time for baseball season next year?
- Bluey2 - Monday, Nov 1, 10 @ 11:05 am:
I have recieved a mail piece from Tom Kilbride saying he is a republican. Is he?