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Illinois comptroller issues self, lawmakers paychecks despite appeal of circuit court’s ruling

By Greg Bishop
04/12/2017
Rank-and-file lawmakers have received paychecks of more than $50,800.

TAGS: Christine Radogno, Jim Durkin, John Cullerton, lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger, Lisa Madigan, Mike Madigan, Susana Mendoza

Judge says lawmakers shouldn’t be paid ahead of everyone else

By Brendan Bakala
03/17/2017
Judge Garcia points to the lack of a budget as reason enough to delay payments to legislators.

TAGS: budget, lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger

Illinois lawmakers are suing the state for their paychecks

By Austin Berg
12/02/2016
A group of state representatives has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger.

TAGS: Kate Cloonen, Leslie Munger

Illinois bill backlog expected to hit $14 billion

By Brendan Bakala
09/01/2016
Illinois’ unpaid bills could reach new highs by summer 2017.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, Leslie Munger, unpaid bills

Comptroller proposes ‘No Budget, No Pay’ bill for Illinois lawmakers

By Austin Berg
08/18/2016
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger wants to tie politicians’ pay to a balanced budget.

TAGS: budget, lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger

Illinois state rep calls delayed lawmaker pay ‘extortion and corruption’

By Austin Berg
08/09/2016
State Rep. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, criticized payment delays for Illinois politicians, despite the fact that his compensation cost taxpayers nearly $100,000 in 2015.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, John Cullerton, lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger, Mike Madigan, Robert Martwick

Munger: Illinois’ unpaid bills projected to hit $10 billion by year’s end

By Joe Kaiser
07/16/2016
The Illinois comptroller warns Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills will reach $10 billion by December.

TAGS: budget, debt, Leslie Munger, unpaid bills

Illinois Comptroller: Most state payments will stop July 1 without budget

By Greg Bishop
06/14/2016
Munger said that if raising taxes were the only answer to the budget crisis, lawmakers would have to increase the income tax from its current 3.75 percent to 8 percent.

TAGS: budget, Leslie Munger

Illinois state politicians still waiting on paychecks because of refusal to pass balanced budget

By Joe Kaiser
05/27/2016
Latest budget proposal from House Democrats would almost certainly cause further delays in officials’ pay, as Gov. Bruce Rauner would likely veto the plan, which is unbalanced by $7 billion.

TAGS: budget, lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger

Comptroller announces paycheck delays for Illinois politicians, state officials

By Joe Kaiser
04/18/2016
illinois lawmaker pay
Total compensation for affected legislators and statewide officeholders equals about $1.3 million per month, according to the comptroller. On top of salaries, taxpayers also have to foot the bill for lawmaker pensions – in Illinois’ active legislators will each cost the state budget about $180,000 next year.

TAGS: lawmaker pay, Leslie Munger

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Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America


America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare programs. In doing so,...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014
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CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016

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