The Woman’s Tax: Haircuts, deodorant, cars more expensive for females (Washington Times)

The Woman Tax: Where gender discrimination hits the wallet (KOMU 8)

Declining fortunes (WUIS Radio)

Illinois Retirement Initiative Could Blaze a Path for Other States (Morningstar Advisor)

Should Urban Universities Help Their Neighbors? (The Atlantic)

FSI Opposes Some State-Sponsored IRAs (Financial Advisor)

Foreclosures decline, driving up prices (Orlando Sentinel)

Illinois Gets the Nation’s First Automatic Retirement Program (Chicago Magazine)

A Democrat grooves his pitch. Illinois Republicans whiff. (Chicago Tribune)

New Illinois law enrolls 2.5 million workers in retirement plans (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Our Opinion: Secure Choice will help close retirement savings gap (State Journal-Register)

More than Half of Americans Who Overdraft Have The Same Ailment (Main Street)

Blackstone Rental Bet Spurring Chicago Housing Gains: Mortgages (FreeNewsPos.com)

Blackstone Rental Bet Spurring Chicago Housing Gains: Mortgages (Bloomberg News)

A city ordinance is failing to keep owners of vacant properties in check (Chicago Reporter)

Vacant Building Registries Lack Key Data, New Report Shows (Progress Illinois)

Vacant building registries need boost: report (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Race, segregation and violence: Views from one block in Englewood (WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio)

Obama’s Destructive Urban Policy Alienates Low-Income Communities (Truthout)

Foreclosures Hit Wealthier Chicago Neighborhoods (WBEZ-FM/Chicago Public Radio)