JB Pritzker

As nation celebrates small businesses, Illinois considers taxing them more

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill

11/27/2019

Most new jobs in Illinois are created by small businesses, yet state leaders are asking voters to hurt them by raising taxes on these employment dynamos.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, entrepreneurs, Great Recession, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, investment, JB Pritzker, job creation, progressive income tax, s-corp, small business, spending cap, taxes, Tennessee, Texas

More Illinoisans on food stamps this Thanksgiving, 50K recipients will soon need jobs

11/26/2019

This Thanksgiving, about 17,500 more Illinoisans will be using food stamps. By New Year’s, about 50,000 Cook County recipients must find jobs or lose benefits.

TAGS: constitutional amendment, Cook County, Donald Trump, DuPage County, food stamps, Illinois, JB Pritzker, link card, Midwest, progressive income tax, SNAP, social services

Illinois is No. 3 for most state regulations, report finds

11/21/2019

A new report confirms what many Illinoisans already knew: the state is one of the most heavily regulated in America, with nearly 260,000 state rules.

TAGS: ban, California, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Senate, JB Pritzker, lawmakers, Mercatus Center, prohibition, regulations, Regulatory Sunrise Review Act, Senate, South Dakota, taxes

Illinois cellphone taxes are highest in nation, average $374 a year

By Brad Weisenstein

11/18/2019

Taxes alone hike the average Illinois cellphone bill by 31%.

TAGS: 911 fee, 911 tax, cell phone tax, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chicago, Connecticut, constitutional amendment, emergency fee, excise tax, exit tax, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, JB Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot, middle class, municipal pensions, pensions, progressive income tax, Rahm Emanuel, sales tax, taxes, wireless tax

With Illinois on deck, state tax hikes just lost big at the ballot box

By Austin Berg

11/07/2019

If other states’ recent tax votes are any indication, Pritzker’s proposal could be a tougher sell than he thinks.

TAGS: Colorado, fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, Kentucky, Matt Bevin, progressive income tax, taxes, Texas

Pritzker’s flawed ‘fair tax’ plan already failed Californians

By Orphe Divounguy

11/05/2019

Illinoisans should learn from the Golden State’s “fair tax” failure, lessons that state leaders ignore.

TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

5 broken tax promises show why Illinois voters distrust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

By Adam Schuster

11/03/2019

From the lottery, to the tollway, to two “temporary” income tax hikes, Illinois politicians have a history of broken promises about how they tax and spend residents’ money.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, lottery, progressive income tax, tollway

Illinois Assistant Majority Leader arrested on federal bribery charge

By Austin Berg

10/28/2019

State Rep. Luis Arroyo was a key supporter of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $45 billion infrastructure package, which was funded in part by a gambling expansion and doubling the state’s gas tax.

TAGS: corruption, JB Pritzker, Luis Arroyo, Mike Madigan

Pension consolidation is a tiny step in fixing Illinois’ gigantic problem

By Adam Schuster

10/28/2019

If Illinois groups could come together to bring the same enthusiasm and support to a constitutional amendment, the state could fix its pension problem once and for all.

TAGS: consolidation, JB Pritzker, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions

Chicago suburbs raided by FBI have ties to Madigan’s son

By Austin Berg

10/27/2019

Four municipalities targeted in a sweeping corruption probe have all contracted with Alliant/Mesirow, where House Speaker Mike Madigan’s son works to secure insurance deals with local governments.

TAGS: corruption, FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, JB Pritzker, Jeff Tobolski, Lyons, Martin Sandoval, McCook, Michael Zalewski, Mike Madigan, red light cameras, SafeSpeed, Schiller Park

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JB Pritzker

As nation celebrates small businesses, Illinois considers taxing them more

More Illinoisans on food stamps this Thanksgiving, 50K recipients will soon need jobs

Illinois is No. 3 for most state regulations, report finds

Illinois cellphone taxes are highest in nation, average $374 a year

With Illinois on deck, state tax hikes just lost big at the ballot box

Pritzker’s flawed ‘fair tax’ plan already failed Californians

5 broken tax promises show why Illinois voters distrust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

Illinois Assistant Majority Leader arrested on federal bribery charge

Pension consolidation is a tiny step in fixing Illinois’ gigantic problem

Chicago suburbs raided by FBI have ties to Madigan’s son

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