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News Links June 15th, 2015

News coverage for June 15th, 2015 – including a plea to not raise gas taxes; bankruptcy and the Illiana; Gov. Rauner vs. downstate and suburban Dems; consequences of no IL budget; ready your swimsuit for the pension tidal wave; lies about Snowden; the cost of militarism on the outskirts of the American Empire.

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News Links June 11th, 2015

News coverage for June 11th, 2015 – including continuing Illinois budget squabbling, municipal bankruptcy, government pension problems, government road rodeo, New England tax policy emulating the Midwest, War Socialism, and Judge Napolitano on the Surveillance State.

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News Links June 10th, 2015

News coverage for June 10th, 2015 – including Rauner v. Madigan, property tax debates, suggestion of CPS bankruptcy, government pensions, the FBI’s surveillance ‘air force,’ and the failure of DC’s perpetual wars.

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News Links June 9th, 2015

News coverage for June 9th, 2015 – including the ongoing budget battle in the Illinois General Assembly, suspension of corporate tax privileges, new government pension analysis, and a plea to hold a fair hearing for an American whistleblower.

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News Links June 8th, 2015

News coverage for June 8th, 2015 – including government pensions, the ongoing budget battle in Illinois, and the uncertain fate of the (currently) indefinitely suspended Illiana Expressway.