Illinois House passes bill stopping pay raises for lawmakers

By Brendan Bakala

04/20/2018

House Bill 5760 would stop lawmakers’ scheduled cost-of-living adjustment. Illinois lawmakers are the fifth-highest paid state lawmakers in the nation.

TAGS: COLA: cost of living adjustment, GARS: General Assembly Retirement System, lawmaker pay, pensions, salaries

House bill would shield retirement income from taxation

By Vincent Caruso

04/19/2018

A proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution would render residents’ retirement earnings off limits for Springfield.

Happy birthday, Mike Madigan

By Austin Berg

04/19/2018

What do you get a man who has everything?

TAGS: Mike Madigan

Trio of licensing reform bills advance to House floor

By Vincent Caruso

04/13/2018

Three proposals that would ease occupational licensing restrictions have reached the House floor, passing unanimously out of committee.

TAGS: occupational licensing, Tom Demmer

The painful push for a progressive tax in Illinois

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

04/04/2018

Instead of pushing for further tax hikes on tapped-out taxpayers, lawmakers should rally behind a bipartisan effort to limit state spending.

TAGS: Allen Skillicorn, income tax, progressive income tax, Robert Martwick, spending, spending cap, taxes, Tom Cullerton

Does your lawmaker oppose a progressive income tax?

By Austin Berg

04/03/2018

One progressive tax proposal filed in the Illinois House of Representatives would hike income taxes on Illinoisans earning as little as $17,300 a year.

TAGS: income tax, progressive income tax

False promises, real harm: Why Illinoisans should reject a progressive income tax

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

03/26/2018

States with a progressive income tax see greater income inequality, and have seen income inequality rise faster than states without a progressive income tax.

Bill would expand airport property tax boundaries in Rock Island County

By Brendan Bakala

03/08/2018

House Bill 5816 would put all Rock Island County property taxpayers on the hook for costs at the Quad City International Airport.

TAGS: taxes

Illinois House adjourns for month-long spring break

By Austin Berg

03/08/2018

House members won't return to the Statehouse until the second week of April.

TAGS: ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, lawmaker pay

Illinois Senate votes to advance marijuana legalization question to ballot

By Brendan Bakala

03/02/2018

The Marijuana Legalization Referendum Act would ask voters if they support legalizing recreational marijuana for people 21 and over. The question is nonbinding.

TAGS: ballot referendums, marijuana

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Illinois House passes bill stopping pay raises for lawmakers

House bill would shield retirement income from taxation

Happy birthday, Mike Madigan

Trio of licensing reform bills advance to House floor

The painful push for a progressive tax in Illinois

Does your lawmaker oppose a progressive income tax?

False promises, real harm: Why Illinoisans should reject a progressive income tax

Bill would expand airport property tax boundaries in Rock Island County

Illinois House adjourns for month-long spring break

Illinois Senate votes to advance marijuana legalization question to ballot

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