Illinois House passes resolution to issue bicentennial medallions
Illinois House passes resolution to issue bicentennial medallions
Lawmakers passed a resolution to issue commemorative medallions while the state continues to go without a budget.
Lawmakers vote to declare Southern Illinois ‘Eclipse Crossroads of America’
Lawmakers vote to declare Southern Illinois ‘Eclipse Crossroads of America’
State lawmakers still haven’t passed a budget, but the Illinois House of Representatives passed a resolution June 22 declaring Southern Illinois the “Eclipse Crossroads of America.”
Day 2: Illinois House and Senate adjourn special session after only 23 minutes
Day 2: Illinois House and Senate adjourn special session after only 23 minutes
Less than 43 minutes of work over two days has cost Illinois taxpayers $100,000.
Illinois lawmakers vote to rename a portion of Roosevelt Road ‘Muhammad Ali Road’
Illinois lawmakers vote to rename a portion of Roosevelt Road ‘Muhammad Ali Road’
Instead of working to pass a budget, House representatives passed a nonbinding resolution to rename a portion of Roosevelt Road on the boundary line of Chicago and Cicero.
Metra inks $2.7M in contracts to lobbyist firms
Metra inks $2.7M in contracts to lobbyist firms
Metra officials say they’ve reduced the cost of the lobbyist firms’ contracts by bringing down monthly retainer costs by 15 percent.
Press Your Luck: Illinois budget edition
Press Your Luck: Illinois budget edition
Grant Crowley
Grant Crowley
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Madigan dupes another governor
Madigan dupes another governor
Madigan has stared down Gov. Bruce Rauner for more than 700 days and Rauner just blinked.
Madigan dupes another Republican governor
Madigan dupes another Republican governor
Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!
Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!
Illinois House and Senate adjourn special session in under 10 minutes
Illinois House and Senate adjourn special session in under 10 minutes
The Illinois House of Representatives met for about seven minutes, and the Senate met for approximately 10 minutes on June 21 before adjourning from special session – costing Illinois taxpayers $50,000 for less than 20 minutes of work.
Republican plan perpetuates Illinois’ financial crisis
Republican plan perpetuates Illinois’ financial crisis
The Illinois Republicans’ budget proposal includes billions in tax hikes and has an ineffective spending “cap” that will likely result in deficit spending by 2020. The plan’s lack of reforms sets taxpayers up for a permanent tax hike in 2022.
Forget the unemployment rate, Illinois is in a depression
Forget the unemployment rate, Illinois is in a depression
Illinois is tied for the worst income growth in the entire U.S.
Special session will cost taxpayers $50,000 per day
Special session will cost taxpayers $50,000 per day
The cost of getting lawmakers to Springfield alone will run taxpayers $21,000 per day.