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							<title><![CDATA[Pritzker Talks Affordability. His Tollway Wants Higher Tolls]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Paprocki</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has pivoted his reelection campaign to center himself as a champion of affordability. Yet the Illinois Tollway Board he appoints, and serves on, is preparing to vote on the largest passenger toll increase in state history as soon as Aug. 19.
The proposal would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's New Mayor Is Already Bad for Business]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2023/05/20/chicagos-new-mayor-is-bad-for-business/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Paprocki</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Newly sworn-in Mayor Brandon Johnson promised to boost corporate taxes for Chicago-based companies within days of taking office.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chicago Teachers Union Now Runs the Mayor&rsquo;s Office]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Paprocki</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Socialism hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always been mainstream. It started off as radical: too hot to touch. So in 2010, radical new leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union started slowly.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Convincing our members to wear a red T-shirt on Friday was a task,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said Brandon Johnson, who on April 4...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Mayoral Election a Warning to All Big Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/chicagos-mayoral-election-is-a-warning-to-big-cities-everywhere/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Paprocki</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The upcoming Chicago mayoral primary could serve as a nationwide referendum on overreaching progressive politics funded by self-serving special interests.]]></description>
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