Lame ducks: What Illinois taxpayers should watch for in veto session

11/13/2018

Lawmakers, including 37 lame duck legislators, on Nov. 13 convened in Springfield for a veto session likely to feature political pensions and unfunded mandates.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, fall veto, John Cullerton, Mike Madigan, municipal pensions, pensions, tobacco, Tobacco 21, veto

House bill would boost pension payments for Chicago aldermen

By Vincent Caruso

11/10/2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill to allow former firefighters serving as Chicago aldermen to credit their political salary toward a more lucrative firefighter pension. It could come back during veto session.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Chicago, Chicago City Council, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, Robert Martwick

Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent

By Austin Berg

11/01/2018

House Speaker Mike Madigan has drawn Illinois’ legislative maps for three of the past four decades.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, election, fair maps, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois Senate, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan

How to make an extra $3 billion, the Illinois way

By Austin Berg

10/25/2018

AFSCME – the largest government worker union in the state – may pull off one of the most insulting waiting games in state history. The payoff? More than $3 billion, courtesy of Illinois taxpayers.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Bruce Rauner, collective bargaining, income tax, state worker pay, taxes

Rauner issues executive orders banning nepotism in state hires, eliminating 53 inactive state boards

By Vincent Caruso

09/24/2018

The governor issued a pair of executive orders aimed at improving ethics and efficiency in state government.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, consolidation, corruption, property taxes, townships

Illinois development authority ends payments to official’s side business following Institute investigation

By Austin Berg

09/17/2018

Lax oversight of Illinois’ little-known regional development authorities has led to questionable business arrangements with one official in particular.

TAGS: Andrew Hamilton, Bruce Rauner, regional development authorities, taxes

Rauner signs bill removing barriers for human trafficking survivors

By Janelle Cammenga

09/04/2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed into law a measure allowing human trafficking survivors to apply to have their criminal records sealed for offences committed under coercion.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, criminal justice reform, human trafficking, Toi Hutchinson

Rauner vetoes Lake County assessor bill

By Austin Berg

08/31/2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a measure that would let Lake County voters elect an assessor, suggesting that it apply to all counties instead.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Lake County, local government consolidation, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Rauner rejects bill aiming to squeeze out rental car competition

08/31/2018

Using his amendatory veto authority, the governor blocked a proposal by the General Assembly that would have protected traditional rental car companies by stifling car-sharing startups.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, carsharing, Getaround, Maven, regulations, Turo

Rauner signs bill banning ticket quotas in Chicago

08/29/2018

Chicago will no longer be exempted from a state law barring Illinois municipalities from imposing ticket quotas on local police departments.

TAGS: ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Bill Cunningham, Bruce Rauner, Chicago, ticket quotas

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Lame ducks: What Illinois taxpayers should watch for in veto session

House bill would boost pension payments for Chicago aldermen

Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent

How to make an extra $3 billion, the Illinois way

Rauner issues executive orders banning nepotism in state hires, eliminating 53 inactive state boards

Illinois development authority ends payments to official’s side business following Institute investigation

Rauner signs bill removing barriers for human trafficking survivors

Rauner vetoes Lake County assessor bill

Rauner rejects bill aiming to squeeze out rental car competition

Rauner signs bill banning ticket quotas in Chicago

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