The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave $101,500 to the Chicago International Film Festival in fiscal year 2009, including an $80,000 grant.
Up to August 2009, there were 536 state retirees received pensions larger than $100,000.
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On March 10, 2010, Governor Pat Quinn announced plans to increase Illinois’s state income tax by 33 percent. Illinoisans would be forced to send a greater share of their earnings to state coffers. By asking Illinois taxpayers to send more of their money to government, Governor Quinn is implying that there’s room to cut from...
Tired of scouring the web for records of state budgets in years passed? The Illinois Policy Institute has archived budgets from fiscal year 2005 here for your convenience.
Governor Quinn just released an overview of his plans for the fiscal year 2011 budget in a 26 slide powerpoint presentation. His plan calls for a lot of borrowing and some modest cuts but seems to be lacking the big-picture reforms our state needs.
Illinois is facing billions in unpaid bills, yet Governor Quinn is proposing to add to the number of employees on the state's payroll.
Governor Quinn is proposing a 5.8 percent general spending reduction for 2011 compared to last year.
Government is not a sustainable source for long-term job growth.
In 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Transportation paid the Mississippi River Parkway Commission $30,800 in total.
Governor Quinn is calling for a 33 percent income tax increase.
Here is a chart that breaks down household spending of the average Midwestern household by category. We ask Governor Quinn and would-be tax hike supporters: What should families cut from their household budgets to make room for higher tax bills?
On March 10 Kate Piercy testified before the Illinois House of Representatives State Government Administration Committee in regards to improvements in the Open Meetings Act. Read her testimony.
On March 10 Kate Piercy testified before the Illinois House of Representatives State Government Administration Committee in regards to improvements in the Open Meetings Act. Read her testimony.