House members have spent as much time playing softball and basketball as they have in session since the beginning of May.
The odds Illinois continues without a budget until 2018 increase sharply if nothing passes before the end of May
Illinois state Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie has introduced a pension bill that is unfair to new and current workers, is potentially unconstitutional, bails out Chicago Public Schools’ pensions, and perpetuates Illinois’ broken pension system.
New numbers from the Illinois comptroller’s office show that Illinois’ unpaid bill backlog has climbed to more than $14 billion. In August 2016, Moody’s Investors Service predicted Illinois’ bill backlog would reach $14 billion by summer 2017.
Gubernatorial hopeful Chris Kennedy is advocating for “a property tax system that can’t be abused by the wealthy and insiders.” But new documents suggest a Kennedy-led company enlisted the help of the city’s most politically connected property tax law firm to lower its bills.
State lawmakers’ latest bill not only forces a failed “evidence-based” education funding program on Illinois, but also bails out Chicago Public Schools.
House Speaker Mike Madigan ducks responsibility for Illinois' woes, spurns term limits, and minimizes his massive power in a new interview.
“This is an impossibility. But it’s here. The road to get here … it’s basically insurmountable. If I would have seen the end before the beginning, the beginning would have ended very quickly. “Today is a victory for the people. It’s truly a victory for the people. We got elected on two subjects: a tax...
Members of the home building industry say Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on Illinois’ middle-class and senior residents.
Only in Illinois could a budget deal that hits struggling Illinoisans with billions in new taxes be called a “grand bargain.”
High property taxes in the Metro East region are fueling out-migration from the area.
Illinois has been using its teachers as a piggy bank.
Contracting and fuel industry experts sounded off on a recent idea to raise Illinois’ fuel tax.
“Our house, when we purchased it in 2002, we paid $195,000. I believe the fair market value right now is maybe below $180,000. To pay almost $8,000 in property taxes for a house that is not even valued at $200,000 is insane. “I wasn’t born here, I moved here from Mississippi in 2000. I moved...