Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely

By Amy Korte

10/02/2020

If the Illinois Constitution is amended to allow different income tax rates, expect cities to try to impose their own income taxes.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax

Exemptions and deductions give low-income Illinoisans less than half tax rate of ‘rich’

By Bryce Hill

10/01/2020

Illinois’ tax code already protects the poor and middle class from paying as high a rate as billionaires, meaning the ‘fair tax’ is really about lawmaker taxing power.

TAGS: election, fair tax, flat tax, JB Pritzker

Indiana set to fully reopen state; Illinois remains stuck

09/24/2020

As Indiana gets back to normal, Illinois is locked into Phase 4 restrictions until further notice.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, Indiana, JB Pritzker

House investigative committee calls for Madigan testimony in corruption scandal

09/18/2020

Following initial hearings, a committee formed to investigate House Speaker Mike Madigan’s involvement in a ComEd corruption scandal requested testimony from key players.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, Mike Madigan

U.S. attorney gives go-ahead to Illinois House committee investigating Madigan

09/15/2020

House committee hearings were paused on the first day so lawmakers could ask whether their investigation would hinder a federal corruption probe.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, Mike Madigan

Investigative committee begins hearings into Madigan misconduct

09/11/2020

It’s the third time in 20 years a committee has been formed to investigate misconduct by a state lawmaker. Day 1 was brief.

TAGS: bribery, corruption, investigation, Mike Madigan

Pension apocalypse? COVID-19 exposes long-running fragility of Illinois public pensions

By Adam Schuster

09/03/2020

Illinois’ pension crisis has been a growing problem for decades, and its negative effects on state residents are well documented.1 Economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and related government shutdown orders threaten to bring that long-running crisis closer to its breaking point. The state’s five pension systems collectively held nearly $139 billion of debt at...

Illinois House investigative committee to review Madigan’s role in ComEd scandal

09/02/2020

The special investigative committee will determine whether Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should be disciplined after being implicated in the ComEd bribery scandal.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, Mike Madigan

Audit: Chicago saves $1 million after Ald. Burke quits finance committee

09/02/2020

Chicago’s longest-serving alderman used his power as chair of the City Council Finance Committee to pad staffs, give himself a security detail.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, Ed Burke

CTU supports use of mock guillotine, ‘wherever’ it was headed

By Mailee Smith

08/31/2020

CTU members who don’t support the union’s violent rhetoric have another option: they can opt out of the union. But they must do so today if they want to stop paying dues this school year.

TAGS: Amazon, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jeff Bezos

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Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely

Exemptions and deductions give low-income Illinoisans less than half tax rate of ‘rich’

Indiana set to fully reopen state; Illinois remains stuck

House investigative committee calls for Madigan testimony in corruption scandal

U.S. attorney gives go-ahead to Illinois House committee investigating Madigan

Investigative committee begins hearings into Madigan misconduct

Pension apocalypse? COVID-19 exposes long-running fragility of Illinois public pensions

Illinois House investigative committee to review Madigan’s role in ComEd scandal

Audit: Chicago saves $1 million after Ald. Burke quits finance committee

CTU supports use of mock guillotine, ‘wherever’ it was headed

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

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