Jun 3, 2017 | National News
“We’re going to start to see some real pain now,” Senate President John Cullerton told reporters in Springfield on Wednesday after both S&P and Moody’s downgraded Illinois to just above junk, the lowest ever rating for a US state. “We’re going to start to see downgrades. We don’t have any funding for schools. We don’t have any funding for higher end and a bunch of social programs.”
Read MoreJun 3, 2017 | Business & Economy
If this China-Saudi deal happens – yuan for oil – it’s another step closer to the grave for the petrodollar, which has dominated global finance since 1974.
Read MoreJun 3, 2017 | Business & Economy
Headlines blast that the US has enjoyed 80 months of continuous jobs growth with unemployment hitting 4.3% – the lowest since 2001. However, there is more to this “strong” number than meets the untrained eye.
Read MoreJun 1, 2017 | Business & Economy
If working is the price we pay to obtain things we want, then economic progress has always consisted of decreasing this price thanks to perpetual productivity growth.
Read MoreJun 1, 2017 | Local News
The Sealy City Council appointed Warren Escovy, the Director of Planning & Community Development to the position of interim city manager at Tuesday nights city council meeting.
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