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Illinois Policy Institute Vice President of Policy Ted Dabrowski joined Big John and Amy on WIND-AM to talk about Gov. Quinn’s budget address.
Four months after pension law was signed, state government financial analysis arm releases audit of savings In early December 2013, a pension bill was rushed to the governor’s desk. Proponents claimed this legislation would cut Illinois’ massive pension debt by $160 billion over the next 30 years, but no official scoring of the bill was...
SPRINGFIELD (March 26, 2014) – Illinois Policy Institute Executive Vice President Kristina Rasmussen released the following statement today in response to Gov. Quinn’s Budget Address: “When Gov. Quinn ran for office in 2010, he promised Illinois taxpayers he would not sign into law a tax increase above 1 percentage point, or 33 percent. A few months after the...
WHAT: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver his annual Budget Address today. Illinois Policy Institute experts are available to comment on Quinn’s remarks and offer solutions to the fiscal problems faced by Illinois that do not include tax hikes, borrowing or more debt. WHO: In Springfield at the statehouse…. Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President In Chicago…. Ted...
March 25, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Governor Pat Quinn will deliver his 2015 budget address on Wednesday in Springfield, Illinois. Governor Pat Quinn’s Illinois budget address on Wednesday could be the most crucial speech of his political career. Quinn’s pitch to lawmakers comes as Illinois grapples with a major financial dilemma and serious re-election challenges...
Tax calculator at UnfairIllinois.com shows how much new tax proposal will cost Illinois families Anyone with at least $22,000 in taxable income would see their total tax bill increase under a progressive tax hike proposal released today by state Sen. Don Harmon (D-Oak Park). The plan released today by Sen. Harmon at a Statehouse press conference is...
For decades Illinois politicians ignored the state’s mounting pension debt. Now, with a state crisis that’s reeling out of control, Illinoisans are experiencing what happens when politicians put their heads in the sand. Unfortunately, Springfield residents now find themselves headed in the same direction, but at the local level. The city’s pension shortfall has jumped...
Government watchdog groups want lawmakers to support the Local Government Transparency Act. The Illinois Policy Institute is just one group calling on local governments with budgets of at least $1 million to post financial reports on their government websites. They want the local government transparency standards to be set by state government. The groups want...