Ted Dabrowski

2 weeks ago | wirepoints.org | Ted Dabrowski

By Ted Dabrowski and John KlingnerThere’s no predicting how and to what extent protests will escalate across the country, and whether the deployment of the National Guard and Marines in LA will have served as a deterrent of riots in other big cities like Chicago. It’s in the nation’s best interest for any burning, looting and murder, like what overtook the country in 2020, be nipped in the bud. But if we learned anything from yesterday’s Congressional testimony by Gov.

1 month ago | wirepoints.org | Ted Dabrowski

May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Chicago’s population increased by 22,000 in 2024. The bureau also adjusted 2023’s population upward in its new report, resulting in a net population increase of 15,000 for that year as well. That makes it two years in a row that Chicago’s population has increased after dropping for several years. You can see the small population increases in the last two years in...

2 months ago | wirepoints.org | Ted Dabrowski |John Klingner

By: Ted Dabrowski and John KlingnerChicago’s pension plans – and the city of Chicago by extension – avoided a reckoning in 2020 after billions in federal covid aid helped the city avoid a fiscal collapse. Some of those billions were given as direct aid to the city, while billions more filtered through the economy, eventually boosting city tax revenues. The city was spared a pension squeeze for a few years.

2 months ago | wirepoints.org | Ted Dabrowski |John Klingner

By: Ted Dabrowski and John KlingnerOne of the biggest cons the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools continue to pull off is convincing Chicagoans that the two are adversaries. Yes, the union and the administration “fight” and they even get downright nasty, especially when negotiating over a contract. But when they finally come to an agreement, they both end up winners. What’s unsaid is the Chicago taxpayer is left the loser. It just happened again.

2 months ago | wirepoints.org | Ted Dabrowski |John Klingner

By: Ted Dabrowski and John KlingnerIllinois continues to suck wind at creating economic growth, wage gains and job creation, according to new 2024 economic data released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. It’s a sad pattern that’s been true since before the pandemic. Illinois actually has fewer private sector jobs now than it did in 2019, in large part because the state’s GDP growth has been the nation’s 4th-slowest since then. 2024’s bad news starts with the economy.