CNBC Contributor Jim Iuorio joined Dan Proft and Shaun Thompson to talk about Chicago’s courting of Amazon, and the omnibus spending bill:
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McHenry Township trustee Bob Anderson joined Dan Proft and Shaun Thompson to talk about the efforts of the group Citizens for Consolidation:
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Washington Examiner Senior Political Analyst Michael Barone joined Dan Proft and Shaun Thompson to talk about the state of both political parties headed into the midterm elections, and also the political impact of Roseanne:
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President Donald Trump lashed out at Amazon over its business practices and economic impact, escalating his long-running feud with the e-commerce giant at a time of intensifying political and public agitation over the power of big technology companies.
The State of Illinois this month released its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the 2017 fiscal year. It’s basically the audited actual financial results for the year — 383 pages worth. The state lost $9.9 billion in 2017 by that measure, falling to negative $137 billion. For a little perspective on how much that is, the state’s total revenue is about $38 billion, so it sustained a loss for the year equal to over a quarter of its income.