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<title><![CDATA[Mary Williams Walsh - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19974.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mary Williams Walsh]]></description><category domain="19974">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Mayor Struggles With His Sanctuary City]]></title>
							<link>https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/sanctuary-city?r=td1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In October we wrote about Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s difficulties caring for tens of thousands of migrants, many of whom had traveled gratis on buses provided by the State of Texas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Dreamin']]></title>
							<link>https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/california-dreamin?r=td1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Silicon Valley Bank fell into the arms of the federal government three weeks ago, I went to the website of California Governor Gavin Newsom to check something I thought I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d seen there last fall.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Public Unions: An Existential Threat to Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/all-you-need?r=td1&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On November 8, voters in Illinois approved a constitutional amendment affirming workers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'fundamental right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to collectively bargain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' over wages, hours, working conditions, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/us/politics/illinois-pension-crisis.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Illinois is facing one of the worst fiscal crises of any state in recent decades, largely because it has mismanaged its pension system.The shortfalls could potentially mean sharply higher taxes and cuts in spending.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Detroit Spent Billions Extra on Pensions]]></title>
							<link>http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/undisclosed-payments-cost-detroit-pension-plan-billions/?ref=todayspaper&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Detroit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s municipal pension fund made payments for decades to retirees, active workers and others above and beyond normal benefits, costing the struggling city billions of dollars and helping push it into bankruptcy, according to people who have reviewed the payments.The payments,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Next School Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/business/teachers-pension-a-big-issue-for-chicago.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most vexing problems for Chicago and its teachers went virtually unmentioned during the strike: The pension fund is about to hit a wall. The Chicago Teachers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Pension Fund has about $10 billion in assets, but is paying out more than $1 billion in benefits a year '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Path Sought to Deal With States Crushing Debt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/business/economy/21bankruptcy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Williams Walsh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy...]]></description>
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