While Illinois motorists have seen the country’s second-highest increase in gas prices, Chicagoans pay even higher prices at the pump due to multiple layers of city, county and state taxation.
Illinois’ budget gridlock has prevented the state from making payments on some 200 auto liability claims worth $560,000.
CSU's bloated administration costs more than $3,600 per student, by far the highest of all Illinois' public colleges and universities. By comparison, the average MAP grant at CSU is $2,600 per student.
Combined sales taxes in Illinois have leaped past those of every other state in the region.
More than two-thirds of fiscal year 2016 has passed with the state lacking an overall budget.
While the mayor is right to say that expanding the downtown development area is a “win-win” for developers and poor communities, expanding downtown without the mayor’s proposed new tax on developers and inflexible size restrictions would be a bigger win for both.
Budget gridlock in Springfield caused the Illinois secretary of state’s office to suspend mailing vehicle-registration-renewal reminders in October 2015.
The secretary of state’s office has announced it will temporarily allow drivers to renew their vehicle registrations without first passing emissions tests.
The value of these raises is estimated at $26 million. CTU wanted the education labor board to compel CPS to pay out, even though the district and the union hadn’t agreed to a labor contract.
Chicago taxpayers to pay a significant premium and fees in connection with the $725 million Chicago Public Schools borrowed on Feb. 3.
Full transcript of Governor Bruce Rauner’s 2016 budget address, as prepared for delivery to the General Assembly on Feb. 17, 2016.
State lawmakers have effectively exempted themselves from the consequences of budget gridlock.
The Civic Federation is pushing a $30 billion tax hike in Illinois, following the same mistaken path that got Illinois in today’s fiscal crisis.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Budget Address Noon, Wednesday, February 18, 2015