A suburb of Chicago will be allowed to go back to the municipal bond markets after it promised to take steps to avoid repeating previous episodes in which it raised money under false pretenses and misused millions of dollars.

The Chicago Cubs are going to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to change its plan for outfield signs in the renovated Wrigley Field in hopes of winning a historic tax credit said to be worth $75 million.

A profound shift in debt management and the control of a handful of state related agencies with bonding powers may lie ahead for Illinois as the state ushers in its first Republican governor in 12 years.

Medline Industries has agreed to keep its headquarters in Illinois in exchange for an $18 million tax credit from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, according to Crain's. As part of the deal, Medline will add 100 jobs in two years and another 100 within five years.

The author of an official draft of a proposed Illinois Intrastate Crowdfunding Exemption bill responds to the public for the reasoning and thinking behind the unique bill in this article from Crowdfund Insider.

January 28-29, 2015
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